The Abased Christ : : A New Reading of Kierkegaard’s 'Practice in Christianity' / / Thomas J. Millay.
The Abased Christ is the first monograph to be devoted exclusively to Søren Kierkegaard’s Christological masterpiece, Practice in Christianity. Alongside an argument for a new translation of the work’s title, it offers detailed textual commentary on a series of themes in Practice in Christianity, su...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2022 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 149 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter One: Preliminary Matters: Context, Title, Structure, Author -- Chapter Two: Abasement -- Chapter Three: Contemporaneity -- Chapter Four: Imitation -- Chapter Five: Kierkegaard and Womanist Theology -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | The Abased Christ is the first monograph to be devoted exclusively to Søren Kierkegaard’s Christological masterpiece, Practice in Christianity. Alongside an argument for a new translation of the work’s title, it offers detailed textual commentary on a series of themes in Practice in Christianity, such as the person of Christ, contemporaneity, imitation, and Kierkegaard’s philosophy of history. Anti-Climacus, the pseudonymous author of Practice in Christianity, presents to his readers a uniquely challenging understanding of who Christ is and what it means to follow him. The Christ of Anti-Climacus is not the glorious Christ who abides with the Father in heaven, but the abased Christ who is poor, marginal, offensive, and persecuted. Throughout Practice in Christianity, we are called not only to perceive the abased Christ, but to follow after him. The Abased Christ aims to enrich historical theologians’ appreciation of Kierkegaard’s Christology. However, it concludes by grappling with questions of power, agency, and sacrifice which have been at the forefront of contemporary theology in the 20th and 21st centuries, thereby suggesting how we might make sense of Kierkegaard’s Christology today. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110989465 9783110766820 9783110993899 9783110994810 9783110994544 9783110994537 |
ISSN: | 1434-2952 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110989465 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas J. Millay. |