The Ontology of Kierkegaard's Second Authorship: The Faith to Be
By (Author) Casey Spinks
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Bloomsbury Academic
19th February 2026
United Kingdom
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Hardback
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Width 152mm, Height 229mm
This book argues that the broad goal of Kierkegaards authorship should be read ontologically, and that his sense of what it is to be as such is distinctly Christian and identified with faith, thus opposing both idealistic ontology and other philosophical ontologies founded on autonomous human subjectivity. In particular, his writings are antagonistic to the rationalist and subjectivist ontology of Hegel. Casey Spinkslocates Kierkegaards ontology in his Second Authorship, where he moves from irony to earnestness, identifying obedience, silence, and joy as ontologically significant categories in conversation with Hegel.
Casey Spinksis teaching postdoctoral fellow of religion at Baylor University, USA.