11. Kierkegaard on Faith, Reason, and Passion

  1. Sarah Coakley
  1. Merold Westphal

Published Online: 16 AUG 2012

DOI: 10.1002/9781118321997.ch11

Book Title

Faith, Rationality, and the Passions

Faith, Rationality, and the Passions

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How to Cite

Westphal, M. (2012) Kierkegaard on Faith, Reason, and Passion, in Faith, Rationality, and the Passions (ed S. Coakley), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118321997.ch11

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 16 AUG 2012
  2. Published Print: 10 SEP 2012

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781444361933

Online ISBN: 9781118321997

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Keywords:

  • Kierkegaard on faith, reason, and passion;
  • religious faith, criticized, patronized, ridiculed as irrational;
  • Fear and Trembling, Kierkegaard challenging the double critique;
  • Fear and Trembling, faith as trusting in the promises of God;
  • Abraham's obedience, grounded in his trust in God's promises;
  • relational, Abraham's faith in a right relation with God;
  • Christian faith, resting on revelation and not on recollection;
  • passion, disposition to have emotions as grief, fear, love, joy, envy;
  • Kierkegaard arguing, that faith cannot be irrational for it rests on feelings

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Faith

  • Reason

  • Passion

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