2.07 Kierkegaard

Which of the following does Kierkegaard consider the highest stage of human existence?

The religious stage

Which of the following is NOT among the criticisms of Kierkegaard presented in the first half of the reading?

It's self-contradictory for Kierkegaard to try to rationally explain why we should embrace an irrational belief.

According to Kierkegaard, what is the only legitimate path to belief in God?

A leap of faith

According to the first half of the reading, Kierkegaard's ideas about religion and faith are a response to two concerns about Christianity. What are they?

That Christianity is based on a logical contradiction, and that God's existence cannot be known as an objective truth.

Kierkegaard is considered one of the founders of the philosophical movement known as existentialism, a philosophy that focuses on the nature of human experience/existence. Both of the readings describe Kierkegaard's portrayal of the fundamental human condition. What is it?

We are alienated from God by sin, and as a result we experience anxiety and despair.