LEADER 03175oam 22004934a 450 001 9910155260303321 005 20211222021743.0 010 $a1-5064-0564-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000973540 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4771340 035 $a(OCoLC)968636895 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse56171 035 $a(BIP)057368872 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000973540 100 $a20171212d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aExisting Before God $eSoren Kierkegaard and the Human Venture /$fPaul R. Sponheim 210 1$aMinneapolis :$cFortress Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (201 pages) 225 0 $aMapping the tradition series 300 $aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. 311 $a1-5064-0563-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 147-161) and index. 327 $aPreface -- Introduction : a biographical sketch -- Part I. The sickness unto death : a Christian psychological exposition for upbuilding and awakening by Anti-Climacus : analysis and commentary -- 1. The Sickness unto death is despair -- 2. Despair is sin -- part II. The theological reception and legacy -- 3. The theological reception of Kierkegaard -- 4. The theological legacy of Kierkegaard for our time. 330 $aSoren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), the Danish theologian, philosopher, and preacher, in his last years issued a blistering attack on the established Christianity of the nineteenth century. That challenge was also a summons to an authentic life of Christian faith. With intensity and acumen, Kierkegaard diagnosed the spiritual and intellectual ills of modernity and Christendom and offered a constructive "upbuilding" for active, faithful Christian existence. One of Kierkegaard's key texts, The Sickness unto Death, outlines the problem of the human condition--sin/despair--and draws the reader into the heart of the Christian faith: the infinite qualitative difference between God and creatures and the paradox of the God-man who came to bring abundant life in the form of authentic selfhood "grounded transparently" in the Creator. In this volume, Paul R. Sponheim, introduces readers to Kierkegaard, unfolds this pivotal text and its connections to Kierkegaard's theological and ethical worldview, and traces the reception and significance of this text in the modern and contemporary theological tradition. In this, Existing Before God continues the contribution of the Mapping the Tradition series in providing compact yet salient maps of the theological, historical, social, and contextual impact of the most important minds and texts of Christian history. 410 0$aMapping the tradition. 610 $aKierkegaard, Soren, 1813-1855 610 $aSin 610 $aDespair 610 $aPhilosophy 610 $aReligion 610 $aPsychology 700 $aSponheim$b Paul R.$01069678 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910155260303321 996 $aExisting Before God$92556568 997 $aUNINA