The Abased Christ: A New Reading of Kierkegaard’s 'Practice in Christianity'

Thomas J. Millay

Published by De Gruyter 2022

The Abased Christ

A New Reading of Kierkegaard’s 'Practice in Christianity'

Thomas J. Millay

Volume 46 in the series Kierkegaard Studies. Monograph Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110989465

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About this book

The Abased Christ is the first monograph to be devoted exclusively to Søren Kierkegaard’s Christological masterpiece, Practice in Christianity. Alongside an argument for a new translation of the work’s title, it offers detailed textual commentary on a series of themes in Practice in Christianity, such as the person of Christ, contemporaneity, imitation, and Kierkegaard’s philosophy of history.

Anti-Climacus, the pseudonymous author of Practice in Christianity, presents to his readers a uniquely challenging understanding of who Christ is and what it means to follow him. The Christ of Anti-Climacus is not the glorious Christ who abides with the Father in heaven, but the abased Christ who is poor, marginal, offensive, and persecuted. Throughout Practice in Christianity, we are called not only to perceive the abased Christ, but to follow after him.

The Abased Christ aims to enrich historical theologians’ appreciation of Kierkegaard’s Christology. However, it concludes by grappling with questions of power, agency, and sacrifice which have been at the forefront of contemporary theology in the 20^th and 21^st centuries, thereby suggesting how we might make sense of Kierkegaard’s Christology today.

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Thomas J. Millay, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Chapter One: Preliminary Matters: Context, Title, Structure, Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter Two: Abasement Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Chapter Three: Contemporaneity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
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Chapter Five: Kierkegaard and Womanist Theology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Kierkegaard scholars, historical theologians, contemporary theologians, womanist theologians, philosophers of history
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 149
Keywords: Christology; theology; philosophy of history; Kierkegaard

eBook

Published: October 3, 2022
ISBN: 9783110989465

Hardcover

Published: October 3, 2022
ISBN: 9783110999716