Kierkegaard and "Religionswissenschaft", (Part 1): A Source- and Reception-Historical Survey

The subject of this two-part article (the second part will be published in KSYB 2023) is the bearing of Søren Kierkegaard’s writings, and of their reception, upon the development of Religionswissenschaft or the comparative study of religion. This first part opens by taking account of Kierkegaard’s o...

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Main Author: Ziolkowski, Eric Jozef 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2022
In: Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
Year: 2022, Volume: 27, Issue: 1, Pages: 433-481
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
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Summary:The subject of this two-part article (the second part will be published in KSYB 2023) is the bearing of Søren Kierkegaard’s writings, and of their reception, upon the development of Religionswissenschaft or the comparative study of religion. This first part opens by taking account of Kierkegaard’s own awareness of, and relationship to, "non-Christian" religions (Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, religions of China, etc.), including his late reading of Schopenhauer; then considers Kierkegaard in juxtaposition with his contemporary F. Max Müller, the Sanskritist and foundational pioneer of comparative religion, and the two men’s contrasting relations to F.W.J. Schelling; and finally examines the interest taken in Kierkegaard by William James, Max Weber, and Gerardus van der Leeuw as early twentieth-century contributors through three different disciplines to the study of comparative religion.
ISSN:1612-9792
Contains:Enthalten in: Kierkegaard studies / Yearbook
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2022-0021