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Kierkegaard and the self before God : anatomy of the abyss / Simon D. Podmore.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Indiana series in the philosophy of religionPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [(c)2011.]Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 248 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253005113
  • 0253005116
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  • B4378.4
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Contents:
Introduction: anatomy of the abyss -- The inner abyss -- The abyss of melancholy -- The melancholy theophany -- The allegory of Yisraʼel -- The anatomy of spiritual trial -- The gaze of the abyss -- Conclusions: the (im)possible and the (un)forgivable.
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Summary: Simon D. Podmore claims that becoming a self before God is both a divine gift and an anxious obligation. Before we can know God, or ourselves, we must come to a moment of recognition. How this comes to be, as well as the terms of such acknowledgment, are worked out in Podmore's powerful new reading of Kierkegaard. As he gives full consideration to Kierkegaard's writings, Podmore explores themes such as despair, anxiety, melancholy, and spiritual trial, and how they are broken by the triumph of faith, forg.
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Introduction: anatomy of the abyss -- The inner abyss -- The abyss of melancholy -- The melancholy theophany -- The allegory of Yisraʼel -- The anatomy of spiritual trial -- The gaze of the abyss -- Conclusions: the (im)possible and the (un)forgivable.

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Simon D. Podmore claims that becoming a self before God is both a divine gift and an anxious obligation. Before we can know God, or ourselves, we must come to a moment of recognition. How this comes to be, as well as the terms of such acknowledgment, are worked out in Podmore's powerful new reading of Kierkegaard. As he gives full consideration to Kierkegaard's writings, Podmore explores themes such as despair, anxiety, melancholy, and spiritual trial, and how they are broken by the triumph of faith, forg.

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