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Mark Bernier
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October 2015
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Author
Mark Bernier
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
October 2015
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Philosophers of religion are often caught up with the epistemic justification of their religious beliefs, rather than the qualities of the religious life that make it valuable. Mark Bernier argues that hope is one of the most important of such qualities, and is an essential thread that connects despair, faith, and the self. The Task of Hope in Kierkegaard reconstructs Kierkegaard's theory of hope, which involves the distinction between mundane and authentic hope, and makes three principal claims. Firstly, while despair involves the absence of hope, a rejection of oneself, and a turn away from one's relation to God, despair is fundamentally an unwillingness to hope. This unwillingness is directed toward authentic hope, conceived of by Kierkegaard as an expectation for the possibility of the good. Secondly, hope is not simply an ancillary activity of the self; rather, the task of becoming a self is essentially constituted by hope. Thus, when in despair one is unwilling to hope, one is in fact rejecting one's task of becoming a self. Thirdly, faith stands in opposition to despair precisely because it is a willingness to hope.
An essential role of faith is to secure the ground for hope, and in this way faith secures the ground for the self. In short, authentic hope (what Kierkegaard calls spiritual hope) is not merely a fringe element, but is essential to Kierkegaard's project of the self.
Author
Mark Bernier
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
October 2015
Weight
532g
Page Count
240
Dimensions
155 x 237 x 21 mm
ISBN
9780198747888
ISBN-10
0198747888
Eden Code
4325404
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Author/Creator: Mark Bernier
ISBN: 9780198747888
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: October 2015
Weight: 532g
Dimensions: 155 x 237 x 21 mm
Eden Code: 4325404