„I Am Not a Christian” - A ‘’Sublime Lie”? or: „Without Authority”, Playing Desdemona to Christendom’s Othello Cover Image

„I Am Not a Christian” - A ‘’Sublime Lie”? or: „Without Authority”, Playing Desdemona to Christendom’s Othello
„I Am Not a Christian” - A ‘’Sublime Lie”? or: „Without Authority”, Playing Desdemona to Christendom’s Othello

Author(s): Bruce H. Kirmmse
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Epistemology, 19th Century Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: Søren Kierkegaard; attack on the Church; religion; philosophy; Christianity;

Summary/Abstract: The attack on the Church which marked Søren Kierkegaard’s final year has always been a stumbling block. This attack was undeniably of great importance and equally undeniably has been a source of considerable embarrassment. Scholars in general and theologians in particular have avoided the issue like the plague. Nonetheless it is important to keep our eye on Kierkegaard’s concluding polemic: His exit, like that of his mentor Socrates, casts a decisively important retrospective light of urgency and radicality upon all his previous achievements. [...]

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 39-46
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English