Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855

Danish Theologian 

theorist about God (theology: theos + logos = God + logic, theory) 

Protestant Christian thinker: Protestant vs Catholic: Luther and the Protestant Reformation

Luther (1483-1546): The individual before God vs. the Catholic Church

‘Founder’ of Existentialism

The existence of the individual takes precedence over the larger sweep of history

Religious Existentialism vs. Atheistic Existentialism 

Atheistic Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus

Pioneer in Psychology

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Kierkegaard and the Pseudonymous Authorship (pen names)

Spheres of Existence: Aesthetic, Ethical, and Religious (A + B)

Either/Or: Don Juan (Aesthetic); Judge (Ethical)

Fear and Trembling (Religious: A: God)

Sickness Unto Death (Religious: A + B: Christ): Psychological self

Fear and Trembling

The Movements of Faith: infinite resignation + leap of faith

The Knight of Infinite Resignation (the Judge) + The Knight of Faith

The story of Abraham and Isaac: King James Bible version

Christian Faith and Doubt

Doubt as the Dark Side

The Binding of Isaac as the Dark Side of Faith

The Knight of Faith and the Tax Collector