To Be(come) Love Itself: Charity as Acquired Originality
In 1849, Kierkegaard published The Lily in the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Devotional Discourses, which were closely followed by two discourses on the woman who was a sinner, published in 1849 and 1850. I argue that these discourses are intended to set the stage to learn how to embody Chris...
| Subtitles: | Section 1: Problems and Perspectives in Kierkegaard’s Authorship |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2019]
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| In: |
Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Year: 2019, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 217-240 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NBE Anthropology NCB Personal ethics |
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| Summary: | In 1849, Kierkegaard published The Lily in the Field and the Bird of the Air: Three Devotional Discourses, which were closely followed by two discourses on the woman who was a sinner, published in 1849 and 1850. I argue that these discourses are intended to set the stage to learn how to embody Christian love from the woman. Kierkegaard's claims about what is required to teach Christian virtue imply that the woman becomes more than loving, she becomes love. I explore his notion of acquired originality and how applied philosophical concepts such as automaticity and skillful coping elucidate this notion. |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9792 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2019-0009 |