Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations and Frequently Cited Works
Introduction
Part 1. Nature and Grace
1. Kierkegaard and Natural Reason: A Catholic Encounter
2. Is Abraham a Hero? The Natural Law and a Problem in Fear and Trembling
3. The Order of Love: The Love of Preference in Kierkegaard and the Catholic Tradition
4. The Catholic Moment? Apostolic Authority in Kierkegaard and the Catholic Tradition
Part 2. Sin, Justification, and Community
5. Must All Be Saved? A Kierkegaardian-Catholic Response to Theological Universalism
6. On Being Afraid of Hell: Kierkegaard and Catholicism on Imperfect Contrition
7. The Sickness unto Life: Justification in Kierkegaard and the Question of Purgatory
8. Kierkegaard and the Communion of Saints
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Brings Kierkegaard into conversation with the Catholic tradition

About the Author

Jack Mulder, Jr., is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Hope College. He is author of Mystical and Buddhist Elements in Kierkegaard’s Religious Thought.

Reviews

"There have been many comments made about Kierkegaard and Catholicism by various writers, but this is the first serious look at the places where there may be coherence and where there is tension." C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University