Søren Kierkegaard

Written By Karen Marsh

Award-winning faith and culture writer Jonathan Merritt joins host Karen Wright Marsh to tell the story of Søren Kierkegaard, the existentialist philosopher who met God in surprising ways.

Søren Kierkegaard was an angsty young intellectual determined to find and follow his life’s purpose.  Years of struggle led Søren to a most unexpected place: in living conversation, with the very God he had long avoided.  Could Kierkegaard be the perfect saint for today’s nonbelievers?

Guest Jonathan Merritt is an award-winning writer on religion, culture, and politics. He writes for The Atlantic and is the author of several critically-acclaimed books including: Learning to Speak God from Scratch: Why Sacred Words are Vanishing - and How We Can Revive Them. Jonathan has published more than 3500 articles in respected outlets from The New York Times to Christianity Today.  Learn more at jonathanmerritt.com.

For further reading, Karen recommends:

The Prayers of Kierkegaard by Soren Kierkegaard. Edited by Perry D. LeFevre 

Christianity Today’s profile of Kierkegaard: https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/people/moversandshakers/soren-kierkegaard.html

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