Kierkegaard, S�ren, 1813-1855.
The sickness unto death : a Christian psychological exposition of edification and awakening / by Anti-Climacus ; edited by S. Kierkegaard ; translated with an introd. and notes by Alastair Hannay. - London ; New York : Penguin, 2004. - 188 pages ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics . - Penguin classics. .
This translation originally published: 1989.
Includes bibliographical references.
The sickness unto death -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one : the sickness unto death is despair -- Part two : despair is sin.
The 'sickness' which Kierkegaard's book refers to as 'unto death' is resistance to this belief. It is the inclination to accept that as far as the individual is concerned, death is indeed the end. Now why should Kierkegaard want to call that a sickness? After all, even in his own time there must have been people strong both in might and body who rejected the Christian teaching of sin and salvation, and who faced what they accepted as total extinction with equanimity. And today, of course, even in societies that once proudly professed Christian principles, the rejection of Christian belief--or at least the failure unequivocally to accept it--is the rule rather than the exception. So in what sense can the denial of Christian dogma constitute an illness?
Translated from the Danish.
0140445331 9780140445336
GBA4X8032 bnb
Sin--Christianity.
Despair--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Psychology, Religious.
Sin.
Despair--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Psychology, Religious.
Sin.
Sin--Christianity.
BT715 / .K5313 2004
241.3
The sickness unto death : a Christian psychological exposition of edification and awakening / by Anti-Climacus ; edited by S. Kierkegaard ; translated with an introd. and notes by Alastair Hannay. - London ; New York : Penguin, 2004. - 188 pages ; 20 cm. - Penguin classics . - Penguin classics. .
This translation originally published: 1989.
Includes bibliographical references.
The sickness unto death -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one : the sickness unto death is despair -- Part two : despair is sin.
The 'sickness' which Kierkegaard's book refers to as 'unto death' is resistance to this belief. It is the inclination to accept that as far as the individual is concerned, death is indeed the end. Now why should Kierkegaard want to call that a sickness? After all, even in his own time there must have been people strong both in might and body who rejected the Christian teaching of sin and salvation, and who faced what they accepted as total extinction with equanimity. And today, of course, even in societies that once proudly professed Christian principles, the rejection of Christian belief--or at least the failure unequivocally to accept it--is the rule rather than the exception. So in what sense can the denial of Christian dogma constitute an illness?
Translated from the Danish.
0140445331 9780140445336
GBA4X8032 bnb
Sin--Christianity.
Despair--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Psychology, Religious.
Sin.
Despair--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Psychology, Religious.
Sin.
Sin--Christianity.
BT715 / .K5313 2004
241.3