We certainly should not follow Kierkegaard so far into faith that we abandon reason, but we must recognize that this was the failure of Kierkegaard and his beliefs and not of faith, which he saw clearly. Rather, we must ask, given our belief in reason, in what may we have faith?
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Faith and Sacrifice, pt. 2: Kierkegaard, Tillich, and the Story of Abraham and Isaac
The interrelated concepts of faith and sacrifice have remained, throughout my explorations into religion, matters of endless fascination. In the last work in this series, I adapted the story of the Binding of Isaac, as Kierkegaard had done, and took an overview of the history of faith and sacrifice, especially as they occurred in the Hindu religions. In this installment, I’ll be turning to the details of the views of two particular philosophers who wrote extensively on the subject of faith in particular, Søren Kierkegaard and Paul Tillich.
Faith and Sacrifice, pt. 1: Sacrifice in Sacred Literature
“Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.” Abraham awoke in the early morning. He remembered his dream and he knew immediately what had befallen him. He arose,…
The Great Flood
What’s interesting to me is that the story of a great flood is one that many people have been telling for a very long time. But in many traditions, and in the Abrahamic tradition in particular, there is an aspect to the story that is particularly troubling: God became displeased with us. So They murdered almost the entire world.