Kierkegaard and the Refusal of Transcendence [electronic resource] /
Shakespeare, Steven.author.
Kierkegaard and the Refusal of Transcendence challenges the standard view that Kierkegaard's God is infinitely other than the world. It argues that his work immerses us in the paradoxical nature of existence itself, and opposes any flight into another world.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Kierkegaard and the limit of analogy -- Distinctions : marks of the paradox -- The paradox is not one: transfiguring transcendence -- Monstrance : articulating the paradox -- Silhouettes : figuring the immanent paradox -- Satan's angel : the interruption of the demonic -- Kierkegaard, Spinoza and the intellectual love of God -- Conclusion : theology for creatures.
Kierkegaard and the Refusal of Transcendence challenges the standard view that Kierkegaard's God is infinitely other than the world. It argues that his work immerses us in the paradoxical nature of existence itself, and opposes any flight into another world.
Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
Theology.
Religion—Philosophy.
Literature.
Existentialism.
Movement (Philosophy).
Christian Theology.
Philosophy of Religion.
Literature, general.
Existentialism.
Philosophical Traditions.