KIERKEGAARD’S CONCEPTS TOME I: ABSOLUTE TO CHURCH Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources Volume 15, Tome I Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources is a publication of the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre General Editor JON STEWART Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Editorial Board FINN GREDAL JENSEN KATALIN NUN PETER ŠAJDA Advisory Board LEE C. BARRETT MARÍA J. BINETTI ISTVÁN CZAKÓ HEIKO SCHULZ CURTIS L. THOMPSON Kierkegaard’s Concepts Tome I: Absolute to Church Edited by STEVEN M. EMMANUEL, WILLIAM McDONALD AND JON STEWART First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing Published 2016 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © Steven M. Emmanuel, William McDonald, Jon Stewart and the contributors 2013 Steven M. Emmanuel, William McDonald and Jon Stewart have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice.. Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe . British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Library of Congress Control Number: 2013943923 ISBN 9781472417497 (hbk) Cover design by Katalin Nun Contents List of Contributors ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv List of Abbreviations xvii Absolute Steven M. Emmanuel 1 Absurd Sean Anthony Turchin 5 Actuality Steven M. Emmanuel 11 Admiration Guadalupe Pardi 17 Aesthetic/Aesthetics William McDonald 23 Allegory J.D. Mininger 31 Ambiguity Jacobo Zabalo 37 Anonymity Joseph Westfall 45 Anthropology Sean Anthony Turchin 53 Anxiety William McDonald 59 Aphorisms Henrike Fürstenberg 65 vi Kierkegaard’s Concepts Apologetics Curtis L. Thompson 71 Apostle Steven M. Emmanuel 77 Appropriation Sean Anthony Turchin 83 Approximation Sean Anthony Turchin 89 Archimedean Point Diego Giordano 95 Art Nathaniel Kramer 99 Asceticism David Coe 105 Atonement/Reconciliation Lee C. Barrett 109 Authority Sean Anthony Turchin 117 Authorship Joseph Westfall 123 Baptism David Coe 129 Beginning Sean Anthony Turchin 133 Being/Becoming Claudine Davidshofer 137 Calling Robert B. Puchniak 145 Care/Concern Gerhard Thonhauser 149 Contents vii Category Claudine Davidshofer 157 Catholicism Christopher B. Barnett 161 Cause/Effect Shannon M. Nason 167 Certainty Sara Carvalhais de Oliveira 175 Chatter Peter Fenves 181 Childhood Esben Lindemann 185 Choice Gerhard Thonhauser 193 Christ Leo Stan 201 Christendom J. Michael Tilley 207 Church J. Michael Tilley 211 This page intentionally left blank List of Contributors Christopher B. Barnett, Villanova University, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Saint Augustine Center 203, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA. Lee C. Barrett, Lancaster Theological Seminary, 555 W. James St., Lancaster, PA 17603, USA. Sara Carvalhais de Oliveira, Unidade I&D Linguagem, Interpretação e Filosofia, Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Letras, Praça da Porta Férrea, 3004-530 Coimbra, Portugal. David Coe, Concordia Seminary, 801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105, USA. Claudine Davidshofer, Emory University, Philosophy Department, 516 South Kilgo Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. Steven M. Emmanuel, Department of Philosophy, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA 23502, USA. Peter Fenves, 2-375 Kresge Hall, Department of German, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Henrike Fürstenberg, Universität Kiel, Institut für Skandinavistik, Frisistik und Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ISFAS), Christian-Albrecht-Platz 4, 24098 Kiel, Germany. Diego Giordano, Dipartimento di Scienze Economico-Quantitative e Filosofico- Educative, Università di Chieti, Campus Universitario, Via Pescara, 66013 Chieti scalo, Italy. Nathaniel Kramer, Brigham Young University, Department of Humanities, Classics, Comparative Literature, 3008 JFSB, Provo, UT 84602, USA. Esben Lindemann, Professionshøjskolen UCC, Pædagoguddannelsen Frøbel, Grundtvigsvej 11, 1864 Frederiksberg C, Denmark. William McDonald, School of Humanities, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia.