The Book on Adler

By Søren Kierkegaard

Book Overview

Kierkegaard was driven to write The Book on Adler after news spread that a Danish pastor, Adolph P. Adler, claimed to have experienced a revelation in which Christ dictated a new doctrine. Like many others, Kierkegaard was intrigued by Adler--but for different reasons than most. Over the eight years during which Kierkegaard worked on the manuscript, the phenomenon of Adler became a concern secondary to the larger question of authority. Kierkegaard revised the manuscript many times, and published a segment of it as "The Difference between a Genius and an Apostle" in Two Ethical-Religious Essays, but did not publish the work as a whole before his death. The latest integral version of The Book on Adler is included here, along with excerpts from the earlier drafts and a sampling of writing by Adler himself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691140820
• ISBN13: 9780691140827
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"