KRSRR, Volume 10: Kierkegaard's Influence on Theology

Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources

	Volume 10: Kierkegaard's Influence on Theology Edited by Jon Stewart Tome I: German Protestant Theology Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate 2012. Tome II: Anglophone and Scandinavian Protestant Theology Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate 2012. Tome III: Catholic and Jewish Theology Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate 2012. Kierkegaard has always enjoyed a rich reception in the fields of theology and religious studies. This reception might seem to be obvious given the fact that he is one of the most important Christian writers of the nineteenth century. However, upon closer examination, the matter is not so obvious as it may seem since Kierkegaard was by no means a straightforward theologian in any traditional sense. He had no enduring interest in some of the main fields of theology such as church history or biblical studies, and he is strikingly silent on many key Christian dogmas. Moreover, he harbored a degree of animosity towards the university theologians and churchmen of his own day. Despite this, he has been a source of inspiration for numerous religious writers from different denominations and traditions. Tome I: German Protestant Theology Tome I is dedicated to the reception of Kierkegaard among German Protestant theologians and religious thinkers. The writings of some of these figures turned out to be instrumental for Kierkegaard’s breakthrough internationally shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. Leading figures of the movement of “dialectical theology” such as Karl Barth, Emil Brunner, Paul Tillich and Rudolf Bultmann spawned a steadily growing awareness of and interest in Kierkegaard’s thought among generations of German theology students. Emanuel Hirsch was greatly influenced by Kierkegaard and proved instrumental in disseminating his thought by producing the first complete German edition of Kierkegaard’s published works. Both Barth and Hirsch established unique ways of reading and appropriating Kierkegaard, which to a certain degree determined the direction and course of Kierkegaard studies right up to our own times. Table of Contents Karl Barth: The Dialectic of Attraction and Repulsion Lee C. Barrett Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Standing “in the Tradition of Paul, Luther, Kierkegaard, in the Tradition of Genuine Christian Thinking” Christina Tietz Emil Brunner: Polemically Promoting Kierkegaard’s Christian Philosophy of Encounter Curtis L. Thompson Rudolf Bultmann: Faith. Love and Self-Understanding Heiko Schulz Gerhard Ebeling: Appreciation and Critical Appropriation of Kierkegaard Derek Nelson Emanuel Hirsch: A German Dialogue with “Saint Søren” Matthias Wilke Jürgen Moltmann: Taking a Moment for Trinitarian Eschatology Curtis L. Thompson Franz Overbeck: Kierkegaard and the Decay of Christianity David R. Law Wolfhart Pannenberg: Kierkegaard’s Anthropology Tantalizing Public Theology’s Reasoning Hope Curtis L. Thompson Christoph Schrempf: The "Swabian Socrates" as Translator of Kierkegaard Gerhard Schreiber Helmut Thielicke: Kierkegaard’s Subjectivity for a Theology of Being Kyle A. Roberts Paul Tillich: An Ambivalent Appropriation Lee C. Barrett Ernst Troeltsch: Kierkegaard, Compromise and Dialectical Theology Mark Chapman Reviews "This volume contains fascinating articles on each of the key thinkers [in the German reception], with in-depth analysis on the Kierkegaard texts they read, how they used them, and what impact he made on their overall thought. These studies highlight insightful details and patterns that will be of enormous use to those wishing to navigate the thought-trends of these early theologians....As expected of this impressive series, these essays are impeccably researched, proving extremely valuable both for Kierkegaard scholarship and those wishing to map theological trajectories more generally." Aaron Edwards, Theological Book Review, vol. 24, no. 2, 2012, p. 3. Tome II: Anglophone and Scandinavian Protestant Theology Tome II is dedicated to tracing Kierkegaard’s influence in Anglophone and Scandinavian Protestant religious thought. Kierkegaard has been a provocative force in the English-speaking world since the early twentieth century, inspiring almost contradictory receptions. In Britain, before World War I the few literati who were familiar with his work tended to assimilate Kierkegaard to the heroic individualism of Ibsen and Nietzsche. In the United States knowledge of Kierkegaard was introduced by Scandinavian immigrants who brought with them a picture of the Dane as being much more sympathetic to traditional Christianity. The interpretation of Kierkegaard in Britain and America during the early and mid-twentieth century generally reflected the sensibilities of the particular theological interpreter. The Anglican theologians generally found Kierkegaard to be too one-sided in his critique of reason and culture, while theologians hailing from the Reformed tradition often saw him as an insightful harbinger of neo-orthodoxy. The second part of Tome II is dedicated to the Kierkegaard reception in Scandinavian theology, featuring articles on Norwegian and Swedish theologians influenced by Kierkegaard. Table of Contents Part I: Anglophone Theology Edward John Carnell: A Skeptical Neo-Evangelical Reading Silas Morgan Harvey Gallagher Cox, Jr.: An Uncomfortable Theologian Wary of Kierkegaard Silas Morgan Stanley J. Grenz: An Unfinished Engagement with Kierkegaard Paul Martens John Alexander Mackay: The Road Approach to Truth Mariana Alessandri Hugh Ross Mackintosh: Kierkegaard as “A Precursor of Karl Barth” David J. Gouwens John Macquarrie: Kierkegaard as a Resource for Anthropocentric Theology David R. Law Reinhold Niebuhr: The Logic of Paradox for a Theology of Human Nature Kyle A. Roberts Gene Outka: Kierkegaard’s Influence on Outka’s Writing on Neighbor Love, Equality, Individuality and the Ethical Sarah Pike Cabral Francis Schaeffer: How Not to Read Kierkegaard Kyle A. Roberts Part II: Scandinavian Theology Gisle Christian Johnson: The First Kierkegaardian in Theology? Svein Aage Christoffersen Anders Nygren: Influence in Reverse? Carl S. Hughes Reviews "Overall, this is a vigorously-researched and stimulating collection that further breeds discussion over Kierkegaard's relationship to theology. Well-known areas of disputation are seen here through the eyes of many who have wrestled with assessing Kierkegaard’s value in theological discourse. It seems the Dane’s inconvenient voice is not easily muted, even by those who would rather he had been a little quieter." Aaron Edwards, Theological Book Review, vol. 24, no. 2, 2012, p. 4. Tome III: Catholic and Jewish Theology Tome III explores the reception of Kierkegaard’s thought in the Catholic and Jewish theological traditions. Although the first Catholic reactions to Kierkegaard appeared shortly after his death, it is especially in the early decades of the twentieth century that Kierkegaard’s thought became an important topic in the Catholic circles. In the 1920s Kierkegaard’s intellectual and spiritual legacy became widely discussed in the Catholic Hochland Circle, whose members included Theodor Haecker, Romano Guardini, Alois Dempf and Peter Wust. Another key figure of the mid-war years was the prolific Jesuit author Erich Przywara. During and especially after World War II Kierkegaard’s ideas found an echo in the works of several trend-setting Catholic theologians of the day such as Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac and the popular spiritual author Thomas Merton. The second part of Tome III focuses on the reception of Kierkegaard’s thought in the Jewish theological tradition, introducing the reader to authors who significantly shaped Jewish religious thought both in the United States and in Israel. These theologians come from and represent a variety of religious and political backgrounds: the spiritual world of Hasidism, Modern Orthodox Judaism of Mithnaggedic origin, and Modern Religious Zionism. Table of Contents Part I: Catholic Theology Hans Urs von Balthasar: Persuasive Forms or Offensive Signs? Kierkegaard and the Problems of Theological Aesthetics Joseph Ballan Eugen Biser: Rediscovering “Christology from Inside” Ulli Roth Romano Guardini: Between Actualistic Personalism, Qualitative Dialectic and Kinetic Logic Peter Šajda Friedrich von Hügel: Kierkegaard as Non-Mystical Ascetic and One-Sided Defender of Transcendence David R. Law Henri de Lubac: Locating Kierkegaard Amid the “Drama” of Nietzschean Humanism Christopher B. Barnett Thomas Merton: Kierkegaard, Merton and Authenticity Erik M. Hanson Erich Przywara: Catholicism’s Great Expositor of the “Mystery” of Kierkegaard Christopher B. Barnett Part II: Jewish Theology Abraham Joshua Heschel: Heschel’s Use of Kierkegaard as Cohort in Depth Theology Jack Mulder, Jr. Abraham Isaac Kook: Faith of Awe and Love Tamar Aylat-Yaguri J.B. Soloveitchik: Between Neo-Kantianism and Kierkegaardian Existentialism David D. Possen Reviews “Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources is continuing to prove a remarkable achievement and is cumulatively providing an important point of reference for all those working on Kierkegaard….Like other volumes in the series, this contains work of a very high quality, thoroughly researched and clearly presented.” George Pattison, Marginalia: A Review of Books in History, Theology and Religion, January 29, 2013. See: http://themarginaliareview.com/archives/985	Kierkegard’s International Reception Tomes I-III Kierkegaard’s Influence on Existentialism Kierkegaard’s Influence on Theology Tomes I-III Kierkegaard’s Influence on Philosophy Tomes I-III Kierkegaard’s Influence on Literature and Criticism Tomes I-V Kierkegaard’s Influence on the Social Sciences Kierkegaard’s Influence on Social-Political Thought
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