The sickness unto death : a Christian psychological exposition for edification and awakening / by Anti-Climacus ; edited by S. Kierkegaard ; translated with an introduction and notes by Alastair Hannay.

Author/creator Kierkegaard, Søren
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon, England ; New York, N.Y., USA : Penguin Books, 1989.
Description179 pages ; 20 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Sin--Christianity.
Despair--Religious aspects. --Christianity.
Sin.
Despair.

Uniform titleSygdommen til døden. English
SeriesPenguin classics
Penguin classics.
Contents The sickness unto death -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part one : the sickness unto death is despair -- Part two : despair is sin.
Abstract The 'sickness' which Kierkegaard's book refers to as 'unto death' is resistance to this belief. It is the inclination to accept that as far as the individual is concerned, death is indeed the end. Now why should Kierkegaard want to call that a sickness? After all, even in his own time there must have been people strong both in might and body who rejected the Christian teaching of sin and salvation, and who faced what they accepted as total extinction with equanimity. And today, of course, even in societies that once proudly professed Christian principles, the rejection of Christian belief--or at least the failure unequivocally to accept it--is the rule rather than the exception. So in what sense can the denial of Christian dogma constitute an illness?
Local noteLittle-306672--305131012077U
General noteTranslation of: Sygdommen til døden.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 167-179).
LanguageTranslation of: Sygdommen til døden / af Anti-Climacus; udgivet of S. Kierkegaard.
LCCN 89199622
ISBN0140445331
ISBN9780140445336

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Joyner General Stacks BT715 .K52 1989 ✔ Available Place Hold