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Contemporary with Christ - Kierkegaard and Second-Personal Spirituality (Hardcover)
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Contemporary with Christ - Kierkegaard and Second-Personal Spirituality (Hardcover)
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The Christian life, concerned with both spirituality and doctrine,
aims not at rationally defensible truth but at life-transforming
love. Greater understanding of the truth will not settle the
restlessness in a human spirit; only the redemptive power of
relationship with God can calm the soul. The crux of Kierkegaard's
presentation of Christianity is not that doctrine is unimportant,
but that it is ultimately insufficient for a life lived in
relationship with God. In Contemporary with Christ ,Joshua Cockayne
explores the Christian spiritual life with SA,ren Kierkegaard (in
the guise of his various pseudonyms) as his guide and analytic
theology as his key tool of engagement. Cockayne contends that the
Christian life is second-personal : it seeks encounter with a
personal God. As Kierkegaard describes, God invites us to "live on
the most intimate terms with God." Cockayne argues that this vision
of Christian spirituality is deeply practical because it advocates
for a certain way of acting and existing. This approach to the
Christian life moves from first-reflection, whereby one acquires
objective knowledge, to second-reflection, whereby one attains
deeper self-understanding, which fortifies one's relationship with
God. Individuals encounter Christ through traditional practices:
prayer, the Eucharist, and the reading of Scripture. However,
experiences of suffering and mortality that mirror Christ's own
passion also enliven this life of encounter. Spiritual progress
comes through a reorientation of one's will, desire, and
self-knowledge. Such progress must ultimately serve the goal of
drawing close to God through Christ's presence. Engaging
philosophy, theology, and psychology, Cockayne invites us to join
in a conversation with Kierkegaard and explore how the spiritual
disciplines provide opportunities for relationship with God by
becoming contemporary with Christ.
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