Kierkegaard and the Self before God

Anatomy of the Abyss

By: Simon D. Podmore

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Paperback | 1 February 2011

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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, forgiveness, and the love of God. He confronts the abyss between the self and the divine in order to understand how we can come to know ourselves in relation to a God who is apparently so wholly Other.

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"A reading of Kierkegaard the theologian without setting itself needlessly in opposition to readings of Kierkegaard the philosopher. Highly persuasive and significant." Rick Anthony Furtak, Colorado College "For anyone who loves Kierkegaard, or who is puzzled and wants elucidation, this is a wonderfully intelligent, supple account of the philosopher's thought, with a special emphasis laid on Kierkegaard's rather doleful, sin-obsessed theology." - The New Yorker "Kierkegaard and the Self before God: Anatomy of the Abyss [sets] a more optimistic perspective. ... Podmore suggests another way of reading Kierkegaard, by contrasting despair, melancholy, anxiety or spiritual trial with faith, forgiveness and the love of God." - META: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy

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