The Joy of Kierkegaard

A central tenet of the book is that Kierkegaard's most original thought arises from his struggle with biblical passages that he found puzzling or offensive. The seminal psychology of belief and doubt in his work is born out of his attempt to comprehend the exceptional experiences of biblical characters.

Kierkegaard has often been regarded as a gloomy thinker yet, as an evangelist, his aim was to discover the joy of the truth of Christianity. Both Kierkegaard''s belief and his doubt in his own work were the result of his attempt to comprehend the exceptional experiences of biblical characters and to examine what he found most puzzling or offensive. ''The Joy of Kierkegaard'' brings together the writings of one of the most influential of Kierkegaard scholars. These essays argue that Kierkegaard''s most original thought arises from his struggle with biblical passages and that joy underpins his profound exploration of spiritual alienation.

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