Kierkegaard and Mysticism
Hjördis Becker-Lindenthal, "Kierkegaard and Mysticism "
English | ISBN: 1032588683 | 2025 | 264 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 1032588683 | 2025 | 264 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
Kierkegaard and Mysticism brings together scholars who show that reading Søren Kierkegaard from the perspective of mysticism not only sheds new light on the Dane’s thought but also offers a fresh approach to mysticism as such, considering its relevance for existential questions, ethics, inter-faith dialogues, and socio-political criticism.
The three sections focus on:
reception history, considering the mystical writers who, even when mediated through secondary sources, were most formative for Kierkegaard’s thought;
mystical concepts such as silence, unio mystica and the relation of the contemplative and active life in various religious traditions;
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