John Lippitt - The Oxford Handbook of Kierkegaard

THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF

KIERKEGAARD

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THE editors would like to thank Tom Perridge and Lizzie Robottom for the initiative that led to this collection. At an early stage, Niels-Jrgen Cappelrn provided invaluable advice on the volume and we are also grateful for provision of page proofs for SKS volumes that had not appeared at the time of submitting the manuscript.

On a personal level, John Lippitt would like to thank Sylvie Magerstdt, not only for editorial assistance on this project, but for her love, support, and ability to raise his spirits. He would also like to thank Sren Kierkegaard Forskningscenteret at the University of Copenhagen for a residential fellowship during July 2011, at which time some of the editorial work on this book was done, and the University of Hertfordshire for a research grant that made this visit possible. George Pattison would like to thank Hilary for more than usual support during the time this volume has been in preparation.

Lee C. Barrett is the Stager Professor of Theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary. He has authored several articles concerning Kierkegaards relation to the Lutheran theological heritage, many of which have appeared in the International Kierkegaard Commentary Series and in Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources. Lee has published an introduction to Kierkegaards thought entitled Pillars of Modern Theology: Kierkegaard (Abingdon Press, 2010) and is finishing a book on Kierkegaards relation to Augustine. He serves on the advisory board of the Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception and Resources series and on the editorial board of The Kierkegaard Yearbook. He is a former president of the Sren Kierkegaard Society of the USA.

Clare Carlisle is Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at Kings College London. She is the author of Kierkegaards Philosophy of Becoming: Movements and Positions (State University of New York Press, 2005) and Kierkegaards Fear and Trembling (Continuum, 2010). Her English translation of Flix Ravaissons De lhabitude was published in 2008, and her next book will be On Habit (Routledge, 2013).

John J. Davenport is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. He is the author of Narrative Identity, Autonomy, and Mortality: From Frankfurt and MacIntyre to Kierkegaard (Routledge, 2012); Will as Commitment and Resolve: An Existential Account of Creativity, Love, Virtue, and Happiness (Fordham, 2007), as well as several essays on Kierkegaard and ethics, character, free will, and eschatological faith. He co-edited Kierkegaard After MacIntyre (Open Court, 2001) with Anthony Rudd.

C. Stephen Evans is University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Baylor University. He formerly held positions at Calvin College, St Olaf College (where he directed the Hong Kierkegaard Library), and Wheaton College. He is the author of many books, including Kierkegaards Ethic of Love: Divine Commands and Moral Obligations (Oxford University Press, 2004), Kierkegaard: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2009), Natural Signs and Knowledge of God: A New Look at Theistic Arguments (Oxford University Press, 2010) and Divine Authority and the Foundations of Moral Obligation (Oxford University Press, 2013).

M. Jamie Ferreira is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Religion in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. She is the author of Kierkegaard: An Introduction (Blackwell, 2009), Loves Grateful Striving (Oxford University Press, 2001), and Transforming Vision: Will and Imagination in Kierkegaardian Faith (Oxford University Press, 1991), as well as numerous articles on religious epistemology and modern religious thought.

Rick Anthony Furtak is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Colorado College. In addition to his interests in ancient and existential philosophy, he also works on the moral psychology of emotions and on the relations between philosophy and literature. He is the author of Wisdom in Love: Kierkegaard and the Ancient Quest for Emotional Integrity (University of Notre Dame Press, 2005) and the editor of Kierkegaards Concluding Unscientific Postscript: A Critical Guide (Cambridge University Press, 2010). He has published one book of poetry in translation as well: Rilkes Sonnets to Orpheus: A New English Version, with a Philosophical Introduction (University of Scranton Press, 2007). His current projects include works on American philosophy, the philosophy of religion, and the rationality of emotion.

Joakim Garff is Associate Research Professor at the Sren Kierkegaard Research Centre in Copenhagen and a co-editor of Sren Kierkegaards Skrifter. He is author of SAK (2000), an award winning biography of Kierkegaard, translated into English as