The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard

by Mark Bernier

Book Overview

Scholars have largely ignored hope in Kierkegaard's thought, typically passing over it as a mere description of faith, rather than a theme in its own right. However, Mark Bernier argues that for Kierkegaard hope is one of the most valuable qualities of the religious life, and it is an essential thread connecting despair, faith, and the self.

In The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard, he reconstructs Kierkegaard's theory of hope, which involves the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198747888
• ISBN13: 9780198747888
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"