In Order There to Find God: Kierkegaard and Objective Revelation

Abstract

Kierkegaard is widely regarded as having no time for the objective, with all that this would imply for his view of God’s revelation of himself. This article suggests that Kierkegaard’s rejection of the objective will be misunderstood unless it is placed within the context of his debate with Hegelian rationalism. This suggestion is then brought to bear on how Kierkegaard has been interpreted by Don Cupitt and by Robert Adams. There is a brief final section on the Kierkegaardian principle that the truth is personal.