Kierkegaard's Concept of Faith

<DIV>In this book renowned philosopher Merold Westphal unpacks the writings of nineteenth-century thinker Søren Kierkegaard on biblical Christian faith and its relation to reason.<br><br>Across five books — <I>Fear and Trembling</I> <I>Philosophical Fragments</I> <I>Concluding Unscientific Postscript</I> <I>Sickness Unto Death</I> and <I>Practice in Christianity</I> — and three pseudonyms Kierkegaard sought to articulate a biblical concept of faith by approaching it from a variety of perspectives in relation to one another. Westphal offers a careful textual reading of these major discussions to present an overarching analysis of Kierkegaard's conception of the true meaning of biblical faith.<br><br>Though Kierkegaard presents a complex picture of faith through his pseudonyms Westphal argues that his perspective is a faithful and illuminating one making claims that are important for philosophy of religion for theology and most of all for Christian life as it might be lived by faithful people.</DIV>