RT Book
T1 Kierkegaard: a Christian missionary to Christians
A2 Tietjen, Mark A.
LA English
PP Downers Grove, Illinois
PB IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/859026523
AB Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) had a mission. The church had become weak, flabby and inconsequential. Being a Christian was more a cultural heritage than a spiritual reality. His mission―reintroduce the Christian faith to Christians. How could he break through to people who were members of the church and thought they were Christians already? Like an Old Testament prophet, Kierkegaard used a variety of pointed and dramatic ways to shake people from their slumber. He incisively diagnosed the spiritual ailments of his age and offered a fresh take on classic Christian teaching. Mark Tietjen thinks that Kierkegaard's critique of his contemporaries strikes close to home today. We also need to listen to one of the most insightful yet complex Christian thinkers of any era. Through an examination of core Christian doctrines -- the person of Jesus Christ, human nature, Christian witness and love --Tietjen helps us hear Kierkegaard's missionary message to a church that often fails to follow Christ with purity of heart
NO Includes bibliographical references and indexes. - Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 21, 2016)
CN BX4827.K5
SN 9780830899517
SN 0830899510
K1 Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855 : Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
K1 Kierkegaard, Søren : 1813-1855
K1 Kierkegaard, Søren
K1 RELIGION ; Christian Theology ; Systematic
K1 RELIGION ; Christianity ; General
K1 Christianity
K1 Religion
K1 Philosophy & Religion
K1 Electronic books