Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (Father of Christian Existentialism)
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Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (Father of Christian Existentialism) 🇩🇰

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (Known as "Søren Kierkegaard")
Christian Existentialist Theologian, Philosopher of Faith, Author of Fear and Trembling
Born 5 May 1813 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, Denmark
Passed Away 11 November 1855 Copenhagen, Denmark
Lifespan 42 years old
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"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. The opposite of sin is not virtue; the opposite of sin is faith."

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Danish philosopher and Christian theologian recognized as the father of Christian existentialism. Analyzed anxiety, despair, subjective truth, and the absolute "leap of faith" in works like Fear and Trembling and The Sickness Unto Death.

Biographical Record

Living in Copenhagen, Kierkegaard published extensively under pseudonyms to present diverse life philosophies (aesthetic, ethical, and religious). He mounted a fierce assault against bourgeois Hegelian complacency and the institutional Danish State Church, calling for authentic personal discipleship.

His examination of Abraham's sacrifice in Fear and Trembling explored the "teleological suspension of the ethical" and the radical vulnerability of existing before God, profoundly influencing 20th-century Protestant and Catholic theology.

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Assistens Cemetery
Copenhagen, Denmark
GPS: 55.6908, 12.5489
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