The ur-existentialist. Kierkegaard was torn by his desires for recognition and for walking the path of a self-denying Christian
For all the virtues of this book, I feel compelled to quibble with Carlisle’s claim that Kierkegaard was ambivalent about Christianity. I wouldn’t put it that way. For Kierkegaard, drawing on the Gospels, true faith entails the risk of taking…