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UNINA9910461251303321 |
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Autore |
Watkin Julia |
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Titolo |
Kierkegaard [[electronic resource] /] / Julia Watkin |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London, : Continuum, 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-20712-5 |
9786613207128 |
1-4411-7589-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (143 p.) |
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Collana |
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Outstanding Christian thinkers |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christianity - Philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Editorial Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations and bibliography; Acknowledgements; 1 The approach to Kierkegaard; 2 Personal and cultural background; 3 Existence and vocation; 4 The authorship; 5 Life in a Christian culture; 6 Christianity in conflict with culture; 7 Kierkegaard and the Christian tradition; 8 Kierkegaard in an ecumenical perspective; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) has been proposed as the 'father' of existentialism, as a forerunner of post-modernism and as the proponent of a purely humanistic religiosity. According to Julia Watkin all of these approaches suppress the reality of Kierkegaard as a Christian thinker, albeit one of a uniquely challenging cast who saw the need to treat Christianity as a personal existential adventure in which one is not afraid to risk oneself. In Kierkegaard, Watkin uses Danish critical sources to classify the legendary thinker as one of a radical Christian persuasion.Kierkegaard raised and addre |
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