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This book argues that Kierkegaard, influenced by Kant's critique of metaphysics, did not attempt to integrate human and divine agencies in any speculative theory. Instead, Kierkegaard deploys them to encourage different passions and dispositions that can be integrated in a coherent human life.

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Explanation of the References -- Sigla -- Introduction: Augustine and Kierkegaard: Rivals or Allies? -- Part One: Setting the Stage: Two Pilgrims on the Way Home -- 1. Kierkegaard's Tensive Picture of Augustine -- 2. Augustine's Restless Heart and Kierkegaard's Desirefor an Eternal Happiness -- 3. Augustine and Kierkegaard on the Road:Life as a Journey -- Part Two: Signposts on the Journey: Specific Theological Intersectionsof Augustine and Kierkegaard -- 4. God: The Attraction and Repulsionof Boundless Love -- 5. Sin: Culpable Action and Corrupt State -- 6. God's Gracious Response to Sin: The Enigma of Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility -- 7. Christology: The Allure of Lowliness -- 8. Salvation: Faithful Love and Loving Faith -- 9. The Church: A Parting of the Ways? -- 10. Conclusion: Two Edifying Theologies of Self--Giving -- Bibliography -- Index

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- PART I INDIVIDUAL TEXTS AND FIGURES -- Simeon and Anna: Exemplars of Patience and Expectancy -- Jesus' Miracles: Kierkegaard on the Miracle of Faith -- The Sermon on the Mount: The Dialectic of Exhortation and Consolation -- The Lily in the Field and the Bird of the Air: An Endless Liturgy in Kierkegaard's Authorship -- Peter: The "Pitiable Prototype" -- The Pharisee: Kierkegaard's Polyphonic Personification of a Univocal Idea -- The Tax Collector: Model of Inwardness

Intro -- Title Page -- Contributors and Editors -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Part 1: Theological Reflections -- Chapter 1: Passionate Doctrine -- Chapter 2: Reflections on Religious Pluralism -- Chapter 3: "The Church Militant" -- Chapter 4: The Best Friend of Jesus -- Chapter 5: Self-Made Eunuchs as Model Disciples -- Part 2: Reformed Theology in Service to the Church -- Chapter 6: Theological Education in a Secular Age -- Chapter 7: The Aesthetics of Persuasion -- Chapter 8: Hearts Kindled -- Chapter 9: Learning to Live with and Love Our Neighbors -- Chapter 10: World-Filling Word -- Chapter 11: Robert Elliott Speer, Some Transatlantic and Ecumenical Considerations -- Part 3: Studies in Søren Kierkegaard -- Chapter 12: Kierkegaard on Anxiety and Original Sin -- Chapter 13: At The Foot of the Altar -- Chapter 14: Kierkegaard for This World -- Publications of David J. Gouwens.

Front cover -- On Kierkegaard and the Truth -- Series Title -- Title page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Editors' Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Author's Preface -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Problem -- Chapter 2: A Glance at a Contemporary Effort in Danish Philosophy -- Chapter 3: A New Way of Philosophizing -- Chapter 4: The Bible and Christianity -- Chapter 5: History and the Sciences -- Chapter 6: Truth Is Subjectivity, Some Radical Criticisms -- Chapter 7: Truth Is Subjectivity, Some Logical Considerations -- Chapter 8: Some Epistemological Questions -- Chapter 9: Kierkegaard and Metaphysics -- Chapter 10: Kierkegaard and the Nature of Philosophy -- Chapter 11: Indirect Communication -- Chapter 12: Kierkegaard and the Sermon -- Chapter 13: Faith and Christianity -- Afterword: Paul L. Holmer, Self-Effacing, Swaggering, Nonpareil -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Back cover.