Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 28 No. 4, 2008.
Review article
Practice in Christianity. Kierkegaard’s Contribution in Interpreting Religion of Christianity
Aleksandra Golubović
orcid.org/0000-0002-5606-0542
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Practice in Christianity is the last Kierkegaard’s great work. It is made as a collection of several essays and was finally published in 1849. With this book the Danish philosopher completed his interpretation of Christianity. Questions that occupied him during his life were: how to become a Christian, which are the main theses of Christian teaching, can God’s existence be proven (and does it make sense to prove it at all), what is the relation between faith and reason, are religious beliefs rationally established, and the like. In this paper we will summarize Kierkegaard’s account of Christian religion comparing it with the theses that he espoused in his other works (especially in Philosophical Fragments and Fear and Trembling). In this sense Practice in Christianity will serve as a confirmation of his earlier thoughts and attitudes about Christian religion.
Keywords
Søren Kierkegaard; Christianity; faith; knowledge
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Publication date:
18.2.2009.
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