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Provocations : Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard
The purpose of this new collection is two fold. First, to make Kierkegaard accessible; second, to present in as concise a way possible his "heart," his core themes, and his passion. Divided into six sections, Provocations contains a little of everything from Kierkegaard's prodigious output, including his famously cantankerous (yet wryly humorous) attacks on what he calls t...more
Paperback, 460 pages
Published
June 1st 1999
by Plough Publishing House
(first published 1999)
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This book is on my "currently-reading" shelf, and there it will remain for pretty much the rest of my life. I read a chapter of it here and there when the mood strikes, and when I'm done with it, I'll start over again.
I have never found much alluring about Christianity (nothing personal; just not my cup of tea) but Kierkegaard is the only person, living or dead, that has written about Christianity in a way that's appealing to me. He can come off a little strong sometimes, but if you just relax a...more
I have never found much alluring about Christianity (nothing personal; just not my cup of tea) but Kierkegaard is the only person, living or dead, that has written about Christianity in a way that's appealing to me. He can come off a little strong sometimes, but if you just relax a...more
The crowd is the enemy of truth; to know the truth is to live the truth as an individual; the way to salvation is to stand alone before God. In standing alone before God, a person becomes aware of God and then sees himself as he really is: inadequate and helpless to change. Each person should therefore aspire to Christian individuality in "fear and trembling."
Because we are helpless to change, we need God. "To need God is nothing to be ashamed of, but is perfection itself.... A human being is gr...more
Because we are helpless to change, we need God. "To need God is nothing to be ashamed of, but is perfection itself.... A human being is gr...more
Provocations. Soren Kierkegaard, Charles E. Moore editor
Of all the enlightening ideas I have encountered, a few special items never go far from my mind.
One of them is the position Soren Kierkegaard took in regard to churches. He considered them dangerous, essentially because Christ called people to live in opposition to the ways of the world, which arise out of human nature. But churches long ago became and continue to be collaborators with the world. To survive, they need to compromise with the...more
Of all the enlightening ideas I have encountered, a few special items never go far from my mind.
One of them is the position Soren Kierkegaard took in regard to churches. He considered them dangerous, essentially because Christ called people to live in opposition to the ways of the world, which arise out of human nature. But churches long ago became and continue to be collaborators with the world. To survive, they need to compromise with the...more
Wanting to find a great quote (which I often do), I picked this book up for about $7 at halprice...it was worth the money. Excellent sampling of the writings of Kierkegaard.
Kierkegaard needs to be read this only gives a basic idea of what he is. useful for those who can't manage the full volumes
fallen in to the pile of 4star books... i wish they had decimals b/c it's more like 4.8 (i don't like to give 5).
read it slowly in small bits to prevent what he says from becoming bitter aphorisms, and more like sharp shards of truth that need time to sink in. he's like the intense, depressing friend who's hard to take in large doses, but he's that way because he has a very clear look at the world around him. we need people like him.
read it slowly in small bits to prevent what he says from becoming bitter aphorisms, and more like sharp shards of truth that need time to sink in. he's like the intense, depressing friend who's hard to take in large doses, but he's that way because he has a very clear look at the world around him. we need people like him.
from my father. no light read. been working on this one for years. absolutely read, if you want to know you're going to hell.
A wonderful collection of Kierkagaard's best reflections on Christianity and what authentic faith is.
Thing, every.
Classic
This is deeply convicting... I don't how you can pick up kierkegaard and not be moved intellectually and spiritually. He is stimulating, focused, and pragmatic without being preachy. He is socratic without abstraction. He is tormented, yet moved by love. Pick this book up. You can even find a free ebook version of it online through bruderhof, I believe, the former publisher. A true treasure.
a difficult read but one worth reading. some of the most difficult and hard-hitting commentary on the state of christendom, but he has some things to say that christians should pay attention to. i would recommend, however, reading this in tandem with something a bit cheerier as these several hundred pages can get quite daunting.
Kierkegaard is like fire, burning, cleansing... making life harder, and better. Someone to go back to again and again and again. This anthology is not bad as an introductory text, though I much prefer reading deep thinkers like K in their full original context... still, the selections are not so small as to be useless.
He is definitely quotable. Some of the criticism of Christianity in his day (19th century) is applicable to our day (21st century). He was also a pomo before it became fashionable...and that provokes me.
This has to be one of my favorite non-fiction books. It's also probably one of my hardest reads. Kierkegaard says a lot with just a few words making this very intellectually challenging and stimulating.
Kierkegaard was dope. Definitely wasn't one of the sheep. He had some cool ideas about Christianity in Denmark and its problems. Revolutionary thinker most def.
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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 individua...more
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“The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.”
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“The matter is quite simple. The bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly. Take any words in the New Testament and forget everything except pledging yourself to act accordingly. My God, you will say, if I do that my whole life will be ruined. How would I ever get on in the world? Herein lies the real place of Christian scholarship. Christian scholarship is the Church’s prodigious invention to defend itself against the Bible, to ensure that we can continue to be good Christians without the Bible coming too close. Oh, priceless scholarship, what would we do without you? Dreadful it is to fall into the hands of the living God. Yes it is even dreadful to be alone with the New Testament.”
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