Participatio Journal of the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship Supplemental Volume 5 (2019): Søren Kierkegaard as a Christian, Incarnational Theologian PHOTOGRAPH: Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1857). Unfinished sketch by his cousin Niels Christian Kierkegaard, c. 1840. Public domain; Wikipedia. Participatio: The Journal of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship Participatio is an annual, peer-reviewed, open access journal of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship (tftorrance.org), a research fellowship within the Christian Church and tradition based on the theology of Thomas F. Torrance. The journal’s mission is two-fold: to apprehend the significance of Torrance’s work and to advance his evangelical and scientific theology for the benefit of the Church, academy, and society. Researchers interested in engaging the theology of T. F. Torrance may submit manuscripts in accordance with the policies specified below. 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Include a title page with: i. title of the article; ii. your name and highest degree; iii. your institutional affiliation and position; iv. your electronic mail address. C. Include headers with your name and an abbreviated title, and centered page numbers as footers. D. Include an abstract of 100-200 words and a total approximate range of 5,000-10,000 words. E. Use footnotes rather than endnotes. 3. All submitted manuscripts will be acknowledged promptly and processed as quickly as possible. Participatio is distributed by the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Supplemental Volume 5 (2019): Søren Kierkegaard as a Christian, Incarnational Theologian All manuscripts received: December 31, 2018. Published online: May 23, 2020. Editor: Todd Speidell ([email protected]) Associate Editors: Myk Habets, Alexis Torrance, Robert T. Walker Assistant Editors: Elizabeth Backfish, Dick Eugenio, Jeannine Michele Graham, Greg Marcar, Paul Owen, Alexandra Radcliff, Jason Radcliff, Travis Stevick, Andrew Torrance, Kate Tyler Copy Editors: Steve Chaffee, Jonathan Kleis Production Editors: Kerry V. Magruder, Brent Purkaple ([email protected]) Advisory Board: Jeremy Begbie (Duke Divinity School, NC), Doug Campbell (Duke Divinity School, NC), Elmer Colyer (University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, IA), Ivor Davidson (University of Aberdeen, Scotland), Gary Deddo (Grace Communion International, Charlotte, NC), George Dragas (Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, MA), David Fergusson (New College, Edinburgh, Scotland), Eric Flett (Eastern University, PA), Michael Gibson (Fortress Press, Minneapolis, MN), Myk Habets (Laidlaw College, New Zealand), Trevor Hart (University of St. Andrews, Scotland), George Hunsinger (Princeton Theological Seminary, NJ), Chris Kettler (Friends University, KS), John McGuckin (Columbia University, NY), Paul Molnar (St. John’s University, NY), Thomas Noble (Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO and Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, England), Andrew Purves (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, PA), Murray Rae (University of Otago, New Zealand), Joel Scandrett (Trinity School for Ministry, Ambridge, PA), Victor Shepherd (Tyndale University College & Seminary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Chris Tilling (King’s College London), Alan Torrance (University of St. Andrews, Scotland), Robert T. Walker (University of Edinburgh, Scotland). 2019 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Thomas A. Noble ([email protected]) Co–Vice Presidents: Gary Deddo and Paul Molnar Secretary/Treasurer: Chris Kettler Member at Large: Jerome Van Kuiken Ex officio Members: Elmer Colyer and Todd Speidell (Participatio Editor) ii Contents FOUNDATIONAL ESSAY Kierkegaard: Father of Existentialism or Critic of Existentialism? — C. Stephen Evans, ............................................................ 2 I: KIERKEGAARD AS TRINITARIAN, INCARNATIONAL, AND REALIST THEOLOGIAN Kierkegaard and the Trinitarian Grammar of Theology — Murray Rae .................................................................... 22 Kierkegaard’s Incarnational Realism — David J. Gouwens ........ 41 Kierkegaard’s Paradoxical Christology — Andrew Torrance ...... 60 Kierkegaard on the Beauty of the Cross — Lee C. Barrett ................................................................ 83 Temporal Goods, Divine Love and the Poverty of Christ: or, how Kierkegaard’s Ethic in Works of Love is Economically Apathetic — G. P. Marcar ................................................................. 102 II: KIERKEGAARD AND THE CONTOURS OF CHRISTIAN LIFE The Theological Self in Kierkegaard’s Sickness unto Death — Philip G. Ziegler ........................................................... 128 Communion and the Remission of Sin: A Kierkegaardian Account — Joshua Cockayne ......................................................... 144 Kierkegaard on Sin, Ambiguity, and Gospel Radicality: Towards a Response to George Pattison — Aaron P. Edwards ................ 167 The Difference the Incarnation Makes: The changing nature of faith and offence in the pseudonyms of Søren Kierkegaard — Stephen Backhouse ...................................................... 190 The Inverse Dialectic of Jest and Earnestness in Kierkegaard’s Theology — Sylvia Walsh ................................................... 224 iii Abbreviations SØREN KIERKEGAARD WORKS CITED AUC Attack Upon “Christendom,” 1854-1855, trans. Walter Lowrie (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1944) C The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress, in CD, trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), KW XVII. CA The Concept of Anxiety, ed. and trans. Reidar Thomte in collaboration with Albert B. Anderson (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1980) CD Christian Discourses. The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress, ed. and trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong with Introduction and Notes (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997), KW XVII CI The Concept of Irony, trans. and ed. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989), KW II CUP Concluding Unscientific Postscript, ed. and trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong with Introduction and Notes (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992), KW XII DACF Discourses at the Communion on Fridays, ed. and trans. Sylvia Walsh (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2011) EUD Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, ed. and trans. by Howard V. and Edna H. Hong (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1990), KW V FSE For Self-Examination. Judge for Yourself! ed. and trans. Howard V. and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990), KW XXI iv FT Fear and Trembling, ed. and trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983), KW VI GS Gospel of Sufferings, trans. A. S. Aldworth and W. S. Ferries (Cambridge: James Clarke & Co., 2015) JC Johannes Climacus (or De Omnibus Dubitandum Est) and A Sermon, trans. T. H. Croxall (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1958) JFY Judge for Yourself!, in For Self-Examination. Judge for Yourself! ed. and trans. Howard V. and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990), KW XXI JP Søren Kierkegaard’s Journals and Papers, ed. and trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong, assisted by Gregor Malantschuk (Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1967-1978), 7 vols. KJN Kierkegaard’s Journals and Notebooks, eds. Niels Jørgen Cappelørn, Alastair Hannay, David Kangas, Bruce H. Kirmmse, George Pattison, Vanessa Rumble, and K. Brian Söderquist (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015-2019), 11 vols. KG Kjerlighedens Gjerninger: nogle christelige Overveielser i Talers Form (C.A. Reitzel, 1862) KW Kierkegaard’s Writings, trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978-98), vols. I-XXVI. LD Letters and Documents, trans. Hendrik Rosenmeier (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009), KW XXV M The Moment and Late Writings, ed. and trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998), KW XXIII v OT Opbyggelige taler i forskjellig aand (Reitzels forlag, 1862) P Prefaces. Writing Sampler, ed. and trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998), KW IX PA The Present Age, trans. Alexander Dru (London: Collins, 1962) PhC Philosophical Crumbs, trans. M. G. Piety (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009) PC Practice in Christianity, ed. and trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong with Introduction and Notes (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991), KW XX POH Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing; Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession (New York: Harper, 1956) POV Point