Provocations: Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard

søren kierkegaard charles e. moore

Provocations contains a little of everything from Kierkegaard's prodigious his famously cantankerous (yet wryly humorous) attacks on what he calls the ''mediocre shell'' of conventional Christianity, his brilliantly pithy parables, his wise (and witty) sayings. Most significantly, it brings to a new generation a man whose writings pare away the fluff of modern spirituality to reveal the basics of the Christ-centered decisiveness, obedience, and recognition of the truth.

Genres philosophytheologyreligionnonfictionspiritualitychristianitychristianpsychologyfaithclassics

429 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1999

This edition

Format: 429 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 2003 by Orbis Books
ISBN: 9781570755132
ASIN: 1570755132
Language: English

About the author

søren kierkegaard

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. Kierkegaard strongly criticised both the Hegelianism of his time and what he saw as the empty formalities of the Church of Denmark. Much of his work deals with religious themes such as faith in God, the institution of the Christian Church, Christian ethics and theology, and the emotions and feelings of individuals when faced with life choices. His early work was written under various pseudonyms who present their own distinctive viewpoints in a complex dialogue.

Kierkegaard left the task of discovering the meaning of his works to the reader, because "the task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted". Scholars have interpreted Kierkegaard variously as an existentialist, neo-orthodoxist, postmodernist, humanist, and individualist.

Crossing the boundaries of philosophy, theology, psychology, and literature, he is an influential figure in contemporary thought.