In the twilight of Christendom
Subtitle: Hegel vs. Kierkegaard on faith and history.
Series: AAR studies in religion ;; no. 2
Publisher: American Academy of Religion
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Chambersberg, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831 -- Religion.; Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813-1855.
Description: This monograph will be devoted to a cluster of related issues arising between two formidable bodies of work: between the philosophical works of G.W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) and the very different flavored writings of Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855). These two thinkers are commonly regarded as polar opposites. Certainly they thought and wrote in altogether different styles, and Kierkegaard frequently gave vent to vigorous anti-Hegelian polemics. Yet ever since I was a graduate student in the late 1950s, Hegel and Kierkegaard have together supplied most of my intellectual nourishment. Superficially the issues between them are obvious. With careful study they come mus less obvious, much harder to pin down, and yet, one sense, much more important than one had supposed.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 108-109.
Revised and expanded from a paper presented at the Symposium on Hegel's Philosophy of Religion, held at Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., November, 1968.