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Kierkegaard and the Self Before God

Anatomy of the Abyss
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Simon D. Podmore claims that becoming a self before God is both a divine gift and an anxious obligation. Before we can know God, or ourselves, we must come to a moment of recognition. How this comes to be, as well as the terms of such acknowledgment, are worked out in Podmore's powerful new reading of Kierkegaard. As he gives full consideration to Kierkegaard's writings, Podmore explores themes such as despair, anxiety, melancholy, and spiritual trial, and how they are broken by the triumph of faith, forgiveness, and the love of God. He confronts the abyss between the self and the divine in order to understand how we can come to know ourselves in relation to a God who is apparently so wholly Other.
Simon D. Podmore is Gordon Milburn Junior Research Fellow at Trinity College and British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford. He has published in Literature and Theology, Journal of Psychology & Theology, and International Kierkegaard Commentary. He is also the Secretary of the Soren Kierkegaard Society of the United Kingdom.
Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Anatomy of the Abyss 2. The Inner Abyss 3. The Abyss of Melancholy 4. The Melancholy Theophany 5. The Allegory of Yisrael 6. The Anatomy of Spiritual Trial 7. The Gaze of the Abyss 8. Conclusions: The (Im)possible and the (Un)forgivable Notes Bibliography Index
A distinctive reading of Kierkegaard's philosophy of religion
"A reading of Kierkegaard the theologian without setting itself needlessly in opposition to readings of Kierkegaard the philosopher. Highly persuasive and significant." Rick Anthony Furtak, Colorado College "For anyone who loves Kierkegaard, or who is puzzled and wants elucidation, this is a wonderfully intelligent, supple account of the philosopher's thought, with a special emphasis laid on Kierkegaard's rather doleful, sin-obsessed theology." - The New Yorker "Kierkegaard and the Self before God: Anatomy of the Abyss [sets] a more optimistic perspective. ... Podmore suggests another way of reading Kierkegaard, by contrasting despair, melancholy, anxiety or spiritual trial with faith, forgiveness and the love of God." - META: Research in Hermeneutics, Phenomenology, and Practical Philosophy
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