Between Irony and Witness: Kierkegaard's Poetics of Faith, Hope, and Love

by Joel D.S. Rasmussen

This book offers a novel interpretation of the relationship between religious concern and artistic creativity in the works of the self-styled "Christian poet and thinker" S ren Kierkegaard (1813-1855). Although Kierkegaard articulated neither a "Christology" in the sense that the term has for systematic theology, nor a generic "theory of poetry" in the sense that phrase has for literary criticism, this study makes the case that Kierkegaard's writings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567028410
• ISBN13: 9780567028419
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.6" x 7.7"