Books by Christopher Barnett
“When I read it, I thought: how can I have been thinking and writing about Kierkegaard without really knowing about this? This book focuses on a key aspect of the intellectual context and background to Kierkegaard’s thinking: Pietism. It gives a really nice history of Pietism and explains what the issues were, and then shows how Kierkegaard’s thinking was shaped by that Pietist heritage.” Read more...
The best books on Søren Kierkegaard
Clare Carlisle, Philosopher
Interviews where books by Christopher Barnett were recommended
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The Lily of the Field and the Bird of the Air
Søren Kierkegaard (trans. by Bruce H. Kirmmse) -
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The Sickness unto Death
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Stages on Life’s Way
Søren Kierkegaard (trans. by Edna V. Hong and Howard H. Hong) -
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Kierkegaard, Pietism and Holiness
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Written Images
Søren Kierkegaard (ed. by Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Joakim Garff, Johnny Kondrup)
The best books on Søren Kierkegaard, recommended by Clare Carlisle
The best books on Søren Kierkegaard, recommended by Clare Carlisle
“It’s not surprising that he died at forty-two, because he burned himself out restlessly, relentlessly pursuing this question of how to be a human being.” Søren Kierkegaard’s latest biographer Clare Carlisle recommends five books for understanding the Danish philosopher’s life and work—and shows how his work often bears witness to the complex, fraught experience of being alive.
