Kierkegaard and the Self before God: Anatomy of the Abyss

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index 241 abandonment: by God; of God. See Godforsakenness , forsaking God Abraham, 40–44, 93–96, 191–192, 201n148, 206n12, 211nn11,12,13,14,15, 212n22, 215nn84,98; Abrahamic consciousness (also Hebraic consciousness ), 43, 87, 90–96 absence, 50, 90, 133; of God, xxii, 6, 38, 43, 50, 66, 75, 79–80, 96, 121, 146, 206n73. See also God, hiddenness of absolute, the. See God absolute difference. See infinite qualitative difference (also absolute difference) absurd, the (also absurdity), 2, 144, 146, 157, 163, 168, 169, 170, 189, 191–192 abyss, xii, xiii, xvi, xvii, 1–9, 20, 21, 31, 47, 48, 50–67, 68, 69, 96, 99, 108–110, 121, 135, 138, 146, 150, 151–180, 181, 184–186, 189, 190, 192, 214n72, 219n64, 220n73; 70,000 fathoms, xvi, 4, 6, 96, 108, 120, 121, 122, 195n3; of sin, 6, 8. See also infinite qualitative difference (also absolute difference) acceptance. See faith, in forgiveness of sins; forgiveness (also forgiveness of sins) acedia (also aridity; deadly sin of sloth; noonday devil; tristitia), xiv, xxii, 51–54, 64, 66, 121, 138, 143, 203n8, 204n17. See also boredom (also ennui; tristesse); melancholy index Adam, 90, 166–167 Adler, Adolph Peter, 106–109, 195n3 aesthetic, the, 51, 55–59, 63, 92, 110, 112, 214nn72,81,84, 215n88; aesthete, xxii, 54, 60 Agacinski, Sylviane, 42, 45 alienation, xii, 7, 26, 31, 43, 68, 78, 87, 90–96, 122, 170, 175, 185, 199n97, 212n30. See also estrangement; self, the; sin (also consciousness of sin) alterity, xxii, 74, 98, 169–171, 177, 182–183; divine-human, xxi, 7, 42–49, 68 Altizer, Thomas, 38–39, 78, 81 Ambrose, St., 197n25 anatomy, 2 Anfechtung and Anfægtelse. See spiritual trial (also Anfechtung and Anfægtelse) annihilation, 5, 8, 9, 49, 65, 67, 81, 86, 87, 88, 98, 100, 101, 109–116, 127, 134, 155–156, 210n84. See also death anomia, 31 anthropology, 16, 18, 34, 79, 84, 115, 169; of desperation, 78; theological , xix, xxiii, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11. See also negative theology (also apophatic), anthropology anthropocentric, xvii, xxii, 31, 34, 36, 46, 47, 69, 158; vs. anthropomorphic, xxi antitheism, 97 anxiety (also Angst), xvii, xxiii, 2, 13, 14, 17, 19, 24, 61, 66, 75, 78, 89, 105–119, 120–126, 130–131, 141–142, 242 index 177, 222n29; suffering of (also angefochtene Christus), 118–119, 141–144, 148, 171, 219n61, 220n68 Christendom, 33, 38, 39, 40, 42, 62, 64, 76, 94, 101, 103, 104, 130, 136–137, 209n22 Christianity, xx, 6, 8, 17, 33–40, 58, 62, 92, 94, 100, 103, 104, 106, 108, 116, 121, 137–138, 168–171, 185, 193n4 conscience, 26, 117–118, 120, 122–125, 128, 139, 158–159, 166–167, 173, 175, 188, 218n43 coram Deo, xii, xv, xx, 49, 120, 124, 157, 194n12, 201n148; coram hominibus, 157, 160. See also before God; self, the, before God Corinthians, 3, 197n25 creature-feeling (also creature consciousness ), xvi, 78, 80, 87, 113–114, 126, 210n88, 211n12 crowd, the, 12, 157 Cupitt, Don, 18 death, 3, 14, 24, 65, 67, 88, 92–93, 103, 122, 153, 155, 172, 177; dying to, 62, 97. See also self, the, abasement deconstruction, 10, 15, 182 deicide. See God, death of demonic, the (also demon), 6, 52, 79, 80, 81, 92, 105, 126–127, 129–132, 135, 163– 166, 196n9, 221n21; daemonic dread, 81, 84, 118, 119. See also anxiety (also Angst), about the good Derrida, Jacques, 42–45, 82, 88, 190–191, 193n5 Descartes, René, 12, 18 despair, xii, xv, xvii, xviii, xxi, xxiii, 1, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20–28, 32, 50, 56, 58, 61, 63, 88, 90, 91, 93–94, 102, 116–118, 123, 133–134, 137, 143, 145–146, 148–152, 155–156, 159, 160–165, 170, 172, 174–179, 184–192; second severance , 9, 165–168. See also inclosing reserve (also Indesluttethed) developmental psychology, 12 devil, the (also Satan), xxiii, 53, 118, 127– 134, 141–142, 174–175, 203n15, 218n44 145, 149, 155, 174–175, 195n14, 203n8, 211nn10,11, 214nn72,73, 219n66; about the good, 6; of freedom, xv; of sin (also predestination), 109, 116–118, 122, 128, 139, 146. See also dizziness apatheia, 53, 141 aphasia, 31 Aquinas, Thomas, 203n8, 204n17, 221n16, 222n24 Aristophenes, 63 Aristotle, 54, 204n27 ascetic (also monastic), 54 atheism, 27, 33, 37, 80, 125–126, 160, 172, 200n131, 212n30 Augustine, 2, 11, 16–17, 18, 65–67, 196n11, 197n25 autobiography, 17 Avila, St. Teresa of, 66 bad faith, 23 Barth, Karl, xi, 34–36, 71...