Hegelians in Heaven, but on Earth: Westphal’s Kierkegaardian Faith
Merold Westphal’s new publication, Kierkegaard’s Concept of Faith, gives us an opportunity to explore the many ways in which Kierkegaard has influenced Westphal’s thinking as a whole. This present contribution seeks to show how Kierkegaard helps Westphal discover a concept of faith which holds no ‘r...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für neuere Theologiegeschichte |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2016
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Zeitschrift für neuere Theologiegeschichte
Year: 2016, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-26 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
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/ Westphal, Merold 1940-
/ Faith
/ Theological ethics
/ Religious philosophy
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CB Christian life; spirituality KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDD Protestant Church NCA Ethics |
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Kierkegaard
Merold Westphal
Faith
Post-modernity
Philosophy of Religion
Levinas
Revelation
Onto-Theology
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| Summary: | Merold Westphal’s new publication, Kierkegaard’s Concept of Faith, gives us an opportunity to explore the many ways in which Kierkegaard has influenced Westphal’s thinking as a whole. This present contribution seeks to show how Kierkegaard helps Westphal discover a concept of faith which holds no ‘reasonable’ foundation as it is entirely dependent upon two different aspects of revelation in tension with each other. Moreover, faith is seen as a willing assent by the believer, and thus it becomes a task and not merely a proposition to behold or to which one’s life conforms. In addition to explicating this notion of faith within his work, this present contribution seeks to situate this faith within Westphal’s philosophy of religion, showing how it is integral to Westphal’s entire project. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9776 |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für neuere Theologiegeschichte
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/znth-2016-0018 |