T&T Clark Companion to the Theology of Kierkegaard

Aaron P. Edwards is Lecturer in Theology, Preaching, and Mission at Cliff College, Derbyshire, UK. Before this, he was a Teaching Fellow in Divinity at the University of Aberdeen, lecturing on religion, politics, and cultural crisis. He is widely published in various areas of theology, philosophy, and missiology in numerous academic journals, particularly on the thought of Kierkegaard and the theology of preaching. He also has research interests in the thought of Karl Barth, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Reformers, and the Great Awakeners, and has spoken at numerous academic conferences in Chicago, Durham, Edinburgh, London, Birmingham, Baltimore, and Copenhagen, and others. He is the author of A Theology of Preaching and Dialectic: Scriptural Tension, Heraldic Proclamation, and the Pneumatological Moment (London: T&T Clark, 2018).David J. Gouwens is Professor of Theology (Emeritus) at Brite Divinity School, USA. He is the author of Kierkegaard's Dialectic of the Imagination (1989), Kierkegaard as Religious Thinker (1996), and co-editor of The Paul L. Holmer Papers, 3 vols. (2012). He served as President of The Søren Kierkegaard Society of North America and most recently as Co-Chair of the Kierkegaard, Religion, and Culture Group of the American Academy of Religion.

For anyone wishing to gain an overview of Kierkegaard’s theology, this Companion will be a helpful resource. Moreover, it should also prove useful for all who wish to think with and beyond Kierkegaard to interpret and perhaps even to change our contemporary world.

• Notes on ContributorsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Prologue: The Concept of Kierkegaard Companions (with Constant Reference to Theology) - Aaron P. Edwards, Cliff College, UKPart I Preliminary Interpretative Issues 2. Kierkegaard on Communication: Refusing to ‘Piddle’ - Kyle Roberts, United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities, USA3. Kierkegaard on Language: Peril and Promise - Randall C. Zachman, University of Notre Dame, USA4. Kierkegaard on Doctrine: The Grammar of Christian Pathos -Lee C. Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, USA 5. Kierkegaard on the Church: Between Rejection and Redemption - Matthew D. Kirkpatrick, University of Oxford, UKPart II Kierkegaard's Theological Biography6. Kierkegaard the Theology Student - George Pattison, University of Glasgow, UK7. Kierkegaard the Reader of Scripture - Joel D. S. Rasmussen, University of Oxford, UK8. Kierkegaard the Preacher - Aaron P. Edwards, Cliff College, UK9. Kierkegaard’s Theological Legacy - Lee C. Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, USAPart III Key Doctrinal Themes 10. Trinity: A Concept Ubiquitous Yet Unthematized - Paul Martens, Baylor University, USA11. The Divine Attributes: Kierkegaard’s Broodings on the Godhead - Joel D. S. Rasmussen, University of Oxford, UK12. Providence: Right In Front of Our Noses? - Nathan Paylor, Cliff College, UK13. Creation: By, For, and Before God - Andrew Torrance, University of St Andrews, UK14. Theological Anthropology: Spirit as the Self ‘Before’ and ‘Resting in’ God - Simon D. Podmore, Liverpool Hope University, UK15. Sin: Leaping and Sliding and Mysteries Pointing to Mysteries - Jason A. Mahn, Augustana College, USA16. Revelation: What Forms of Authority, and to Whom? - Tomas Bokedal, University of Aberdeen, UK17. Christology: Ecce Homo! - Sylvia Walsh, Stetson University, USA18. Justification: 'The Article by Which the Church Stands or Falls'? - David J. Gouwens, Brite Divinity School, USA19. Sanctification: Kierkegaard and the Journey Toward Rest - Christopher B. Barnett, Villanova University, USA20. The Holy Spirit: Kierkegaard’s Understated Pneumatology - Murray Rae, University of Otago, New Zealand21. Faith: The Infinite Task of Passionate Belief - Matthew F. Wilson, Harvard University, USA and C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University, USA22. The Christian Life: A Humble Striving Born of Gratitude - Philip G. Ziegler, University of Aberdeen, UK23. Love: A Holy Caprice - Amy Laura Hall, Duke University Divinity School, USA24. Eschatology: ‘And Eternally Speak with My Jesus’ - Andrew J. Burgess, University of New Mexico, USAPart IV Theological Trajectories25. Kierkegaard, Theology, and the Academy - Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University, USA26. Kierkegaard, Theology, and the Information Society - Brian Brock, University of Aberdeen, UK27. Kierkegaard, Theology, and Literary Media - Eric Ziolkowski, Lafayette College, USA28. Kierkegaard, Theology, and Post-Christendom - Merold Westphal, Fordham University, USA29. Epilogue: A Kind of Theologian - David J. Gouwens, Brite Divinity School, USAIndex