1st Edition

Volume 7, Tome II: Kierkegaard and His Danish Contemporaries - Theology

Edited By Jon Stewart Copyright 2009
378 Pages
by Routledge

378 Pages
by Routledge

378 Pages
by Routledge

The period of Kierkegaard's life corresponds to Denmark's "Golden Age," which is conventionally used to refer to the period covering roughly the first half of the nineteenth century, when Denmark's most important writers, philosophers, theologians, poets, actors and artists flourished. Kierkegaard was often in dialogue with his fellow Danes on key issues of the day. His authorship would be... Read more
Contents: Adolph Peter Adler: a stumbling-block and an inspiration for Kierkegaard, Carl Henrik Koch; Nicolai Edinger Balle: the reception of his Lærebog in Denmark, and in Kierkegaard's authorship, Christopher B. Barnett; Henrik Nicolai Clausen: the voice of urbane rationalism, Hugh S. Pyper; Magnús Eiríksson: an opponent of Martensen and an unwelcome ally of Kierkegaard, Gerhard Schreiber; Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig: the matchless giant, Anders Holm; Hans Frederik Helveg: a receptive Grundtvigian, Søren Jensen; Peter Christian Kierkegaard: a man with a difficult family heritage, Thorkild C. Lyby; Jacob Christian Lindberg: an acceptable Grundtvigian, Søren Jensen; Hans Lassen Martensen: a speculative theologian determining the agenda of the day, Curtis L. Thompson; Jakob Peter Mynster: a guiding thread in Kierkegaard's authorship?, Christian Fink Tolstrup; Just H.V. Paulli: Mynster's son-in-law, Søren Jensen; Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach: Kierkegaard's idea of an 'orthodox' theologian, Søren Jensen; Eggert Christopher Tryde: a mediator of Christianity and a representative of the official Christendom, Jon Stewart; Indexes.

Biography

Jon Stewart is an Associate Research Professor in the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.