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A Kierkegaard Handbook
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
Fredrick Sontag has created a remarkable work on Soren Kierkegaard. He combines a brief biography, an introduction to Kierkegaard's writings plus interpretations of the writings. This overview offers a framework in which the entire life and work of Kierkegaard is put into perspective.
Kierkegaard is very difficult to understand. Sontag has integrated the man and his work in a way that enables you to grasp the essence of this great philosopher.
'A Kierkegaard Handbook' is a valuable and useful tool for better understanding of a significant existentialist. Professors, students, and Kierkegaard enthusiasts will find this a remarkable and certainly informative volume. There is a wealth of books on existentialism and existentialists (Kierkegaard is of course always included) but now Sontag presents Kierkegaard and his major concepts in a readily accessible format -- all under one cover. The handbook includes definitions of terms and explanations of concepts.
Fredrick Sontag has well known academic credentials. His special fields include: metaphysics, philosophy of religion, existentialism, philosophical theology and philosophical psychology. He has taught at Yale, Union Seminary in New York, St. Anselmo in Rome, Italy, the University of Copenhagen, and Pomona College. He is a noted scholar in philosophy.
"Sontag writes extremely well. He is clear and sensitive."
Donald Dawe,
Union Theological Seminary
"I see a real need for this book. It will be a welcome resource to coursework in existentialism."
William Larry Lacy,
Southwestern College, Memphis TN