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Kierkegaard's double movement of faith and Kant's moral faith

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2011

ROE FREMSTEDAL
ROE FREMSTEDAL
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Department of Philosophy, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway e-mail: roe.fremstedal@ntnu.no
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Abstract

The present article deals with religious faith by comparing the so-called double movement of faith in Kierkegaard to Kant's moral faith. Kierkegaard's double movement of faith and Kant's moral faith can be seen as providing different accounts of religious faith, as well as involving different solutions to the problem of realizing the highest good. The double movement of faith in Fear and Trembling provides an account of the structure of faith that helps us make sense of what Kierkegaard means by religious faith in general, as well as to understand better the relation between philosophy and Christian thinking in Kierkegaard. It is argued that previous scholarship has described the relation between Kierkegaard and Kant in a misleading manner by interpreting Kant as an ethicist and overlooking the role of grace in Kant.

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Religious Studies , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 199 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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