La puissance du don: Le don comme centre de la relation de l’homme avec Dieu, dans les discours édifiants de Kierkegaard, à la lumière de l’herméneutique du don de Jean Paul II

This paper is an attempt to read Kierkegaard’s upbuilding discourses centred around the theme “Every Good and Perfect Gift is From Above” in the perspective of hermeneutics of the gift presented by John Paul II in his book Man and Woman He Created Them. The authors analyze two completely different b...

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Main Author: Słowikowski, Andrzej (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:French
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Published: De Gruyter 2016
In: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Year: 2016, Volume: 2016, Issue: 1, Pages: 257-280
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
HC New Testament
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
NBE Anthropology
NCB Personal ethics
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Summary:This paper is an attempt to read Kierkegaard’s upbuilding discourses centred around the theme “Every Good and Perfect Gift is From Above” in the perspective of hermeneutics of the gift presented by John Paul II in his book Man and Woman He Created Them. The authors analyze two completely different biblical themes-the Pope examines the issue of corporeality of the first people on the basis of Genesis, whereas Kierkegaard studies the creative power of God’s word in human existence, focusing on a passage from the Epistle of James. They show that the relationship between human beings and God, despite its individual character, may come into being only through the involvement of another person. The center of this meeting of two people in God is the already mentioned gift, understood here, in the highest sense, as a gift of love in which both parties are giving and receiving at the same time. The convergence of conclusions of both authors shows the anthropological coherence of the message of the Holy Scripture and gives rise to reflections on the essence of humanity.
ISSN:1612-9792
Contains:In: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2016-0115