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Synopsis: Kierkegaard's Pastoral Dialogues takes a selection of
Kierkegaard's most insightful spiritual writings and transforms
them into a series of dialogues between two friends, a believer and
a nonbeliever. In this way, some of Kierkegaard's complex religious
thought is made accessible to a wider readership, so as to provide
a resource for individual or group study in pastoral, counseling,
or spiritual direction contexts. Each dialogue is accompanied by a
commentary and questions to help discussion by groups or
application by individuals. Finally, there are three responses
from, respectively, a philosopher, a theologian, and a hospital
chaplain, looking at how the dialogues may be relevant to these
different fields of practice. Endorsements: "Kierkegaard is a
profound, Socratic, and dialogic thinker. Sometimes this dialogue
is implicit in his work, and other times explicit. Kierkegaard's
Pastoral Dialogues offers a way into this thinking that makes the
dialogical element both explicit and attentive, relating
Kierkegaard's dialogue with his reader to a contemporary pastoral
context. A good book that presents, not learning about, but from
Kierkegaard." --Eberhard Harbsmeier, Professor, Aarhus University
"In these imaginative dialogues, Pattison and Jensen have captured
the pith of Kierkegaard's thinking on matters of life and death.
They have done so without bowdlerizing or oversimplifying the
texts. It is an achievement in the art of communication that
Kierkegaard himself would have smiled upon " --Gordon Marino,
Director of Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College "Can
Kierkegaard comfort the anguished--acknowledging wounds and also
ways to staunch them--through reflection and also through posture
and bearing? This book is an utter success in bringing
Kierkegaard's 'Lilies of the Fields and Birds of the Air' into
immediate resonance with believer and nonbeliever alike, addressing
aching questions, not as aberrant, but as profoundly and touchingly
human. It provides heartfelt pastoral dialogues on sorrow and
delight that a reader will find transforming." --Edward F. Mooney,
Professor at Syracuse University "This is a most welcome book, full
of fresh and vibrant vistas on faith, prayer, virtue and Christian
character. Pattison and Jensen's adaptation is richly complemented
by essays from John Lippit, Simon Podmore, and John McLuckie, who
provide helpful and illuminating reflections on Kierkegaard's
extraordinary pastoral wisdom. This is an outstanding book that
will both challenge and nourish all who study pastoral theology."
--Martyn Percy, Ripon College Cuddesdon Author Biographies: George
Pattison is Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at the University
of Oxford and has written extensively on Kierkegaard and modern
religious thought. His most recent books are Kierkegaard and the
Theology of the Nineteenth Century and Kierkegaard and the Quest
for Unambiguous Life. Helle Moller Jensen has a doctorate in
Systematic Theology from the University of Aarhus. After eleven
years of experience as a hospital chaplain, she is currently a
parish priest in the Danish People's Church and is also a military
chaplain to the Danish Royal Lifeguards.
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