A small, insignificant-looking intellectual with absurdly long legs, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a veritable Hans Christian Andersen caricature of a man. A strange combination of witty cosmopolite and melancholy introvert, he spent years writing under a series of fantastical pseudonyms, lavishing all the splendor of his magnificent mind on a seldom-appreciative world. He had a tragic love affair with a young girl, was dominated by an unforgettable Old Testament father, fought a sensational literary duel with a popular satiric magazine, and died in the midst of a violent quarrel with...
A small, insignificant-looking intellectual with absurdly long legs, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) was a veritable Hans Christian Andersen caricatu...
""The lectures--and this book--are intended only for those who are inclined to feel a concern for the present crisis of Society and of the Church. The aim is missed if the hearer or reader retains the aloof attitude of a spectator, and does not come to realize that the crisis is his personal concern, the crisis of the individual."" --From the preface
Walter Lowrie (1868-1959) was an Episcopalian minister and theologian. He was a minister in several churches throughout New England, in addition to serving as rector of St. Pauls American Church in Rome for over two decades. Lowrie is best known...
""The lectures--and this book--are intended only for those who are inclined to feel a concern for the present crisis of Society and of the Church. The...
