I am currently reading Kierkegaard and the Catholic Tradition by Jack Mulder Jr. Kierkegaard's writings have always interested me and, since I am a convert to Catholicism, I suspected this book would be a good read. I was correct. The author, who is also a convert to Catholicism has made a valuable contribution to religious philosophy. On a side note, can there really be a Philosophy that is not Theistic to some degree? It seems to be that in order to be a lover of wisdom one must acknowledge that true wisdom actually exists. Otherwise, all else that masquerades as "philosophy" is mere speculation used to justify ones' desires, similar to the Sophists of early Greek philosophy. Herein lies one of the reasons why I appreciate Kierkegaard writings. He seems to be able to cut right to the heart of what it means to be a disciple of Christ. For example, he said "That God could create beings free over against himself is the cross that philosophy could not bear but upon which it has remained hanging" . As a Catholic, I understand that his writings are not to be taken without some reservations. However, I think that Kierkegaard can speak to our modern secular, hedonistic world in a manner similar C.S. Lewis' post-mortem proselytizing catholicism (notice the little c) to protestants. Kierkegaard is something like the protestant Blaise Pascal, in my opinion. Anyway, the book mentioned above the worth the read and I recommend it.
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