Kierkegaard's kenotic Christology
By: David R. Law
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780199698639
Subjects: Divinity; Kenosis; Divinity of Christ; Person and offices; Christology; Incarnation; Criticism and interpretation
Description: An in-depth study of Kierkegaard's thinking on Christology, emphasising the radical nature of his approach to the incarnation, with an emphasis on the call of the Christian believer to a life of 'kenotic' (self-emptying) discipleship in imitation of Christ.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-303) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: 1. Kierkegaard as theologian and the question of kenosis; title: 2. The nature of kenotic Christology; title: 3. Kierkegaard's knowledge of kenotic Christology; title: 4. Kenosis in Philosophical fragments; title: 5. Kenosis in Practice in Christianity; title: 6. Kierkegaard's existential kenoticism.