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"Hugh Pyper's contribution to the study of Kierkegaard is
exceptional This is a book to read and re-read many times, and will
be welcomed by students, teachers, and researchers at all levels."
- George Pattison, University of Oxford "Kierkegaard had an
intimate familiarity with the Biblical writings and the Bible is
everywhere written into his authorship. Hugh Pyper's book aims to
make this point manifest. He argues provocatively and persuasively
that Kierkegaard's philosophical and ethical thought is the result
of his confrontation with Biblical texts and that the entire
authorship points toward the scandalous but life-enhancing good
news proclaimed in the Bible." - Niels Jorgen Cappelorn, Sen
Kierkegaard Research Centre Foundation, Copenhagen "Hugh Pyper has
been taking notes on Kierkegaard for decades. Rigorously argued and
elegantly written, this is a book that both the Kierkegaard scholar
and novice will want to absorb." - Gordon Marino, St Olaf College,
Minnesota "Pyper's offering is often as imaginative, profound and,
at times, as refreshingly bizarre as Kierkegaard himself." -
Liverpool Hope Theological Book Review In contrast to the popular
image of Kierkegaard as the gloomy Dane, these essays argue that
joy is at the heart of Kierkegaards enterprise. He is in the true
sense an evangelist, seeking to bring the joy of the truth of
Christianity to those who persist in misunderstanding it as either
a moral code or as one philosophical option. A central tenet of
this book is that Kierkegaards most original thought arises from
his struggle with biblical passages that he found puzzling or
offensive. The seminal psychology of belief and doubt in his work
is born out of his attempt to comprehend the exceptional
experiences of biblical characters. His understanding of his own
authorship is also founded on biblical models. The Joy of
Kierkegaard contains previously unpublished work as well as making
available in a convenient form scattered published essays.
Described by George Pattison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity
at Oxford University, as fiercely original and, often pointedly,
humorous, the essays draw on the expertise of a biblical scholar to
convey the joy to be found in reading Kierkegaard, as well as the
joy which underpins Kierkegaards profound explorations of spiritual
alienation.
"Hugh Pyper's contribution to the study of Kierkegaard is
exceptional This is a book to read and re-read many times, and will
be welcomed by students, teachers, and researchers at all levels."
- George Pattison, University of Oxford "Kierkegaard had an
intimate familiarity with the Biblical writings and the Bible is
everywhere written into his authorship. Hugh Pyper's book aims to
make this point manifest. He argues provocatively and persuasively
that Kierkegaard's philosophical and ethical thought is the result
of his confrontation with Biblical texts and that the entire
authorship points toward the scandalous but life-enhancing good
news proclaimed in the Bible." - Niels Jorgen Cappelorn, Sen
Kierkegaard Research Centre Foundation, Copenhagen "Hugh Pyper has
been taking notes on Kierkegaard for decades. Rigorously argued and
elegantly written, this is a book that both the Kierkegaard scholar
and novice will want to absorb." - Gordon Marino, St Olaf College,
Minnesota "Pyper's offering is often as imaginative, profound and,
at times, as refreshingly bizarre as Kierkegaard himself." -
Liverpool Hope Theological Book Review In contrast to the popular
image of Kierkegaard as the gloomy Dane, these essays argue that
joy is at the heart of Kierkegaards enterprise. He is in the true
sense an evangelist, seeking to bring the joy of the truth of
Christianity to those who persist in misunderstanding it as either
a moral code or as one philosophical option. A central tenet of
this book is that Kierkegaards most original thought arises from
his struggle with biblical passages that he found puzzling or
offensive. The seminal psychology of belief and doubt in his work
is born out of his attempt to comprehend the exceptional
experiences of biblical characters. His understanding of his own
authorship is also founded on biblical models. The Joy of
Kierkegaard contains previously unpublished work as well as making
available in a convenient form scattered published essays.
Described by George Pattison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity
at Oxford University, as fiercely original and, often pointedly,
humorous, the essays draw on the expertise of a biblical scholar to
convey the joy to be found in reading Kierkegaard, as well as the
joy which underpins Kierkegaards profound explorations of spiritual
alienation.
This volume explores a number of instances of unexpected but
influential readings of the Bible in popular culture, literature,
film, music and politics. The argument in all of them is that the
effects of the Bible continues to have an effect on contemporary
culture in ways that may surprise and sometimes dismay both
religious and secular groups. That the Bible was at one time
chained in churches is true. The subversive misreading of this
enchainment as a symbol of a book in captivity to the established
church is hard to suppress, however. Yet, once released from these
chains, the Bible proves to be a text that gets everywhere and
which undergoes surprising and sometimes contradictory
metamorphoses. The pious advocates of making the Bible accessible
who sought to free it from the churches' chains are the very people
who then decry some of the results when the Bible is free to roam.
This volume explores a number of instances of unexpected but
influential readings of the Bible in popular culture, literature,
film, music and politics. The argument in all of them is that the
effects of the Bible continues to have an effect on contemporary
culture in ways that may surprise and sometimes dismay both
religious and secular groups. That the Bible was at one time
chained in churches is true. The subversive misreading of this
enchainment as a symbol of a book in captivity to the established
church is hard to suppress, however. Yet, once released from these
chains, the Bible proves to be a text that gets everywhere and
which undergoes surprising and sometimes contradictory
metamorphoses. The pious advocates of making the Bible accessible
who sought to free it from the churches' chains are the very people
who then decry some of the results when the Bible is free to roam.
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