Kierkegaard's Philosophy of Becoming: Movements and Positions

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments
I am grateful to Trinity College, Cambridge, and the University of Cambridge for providing the financial support and resources that enabled me to undertake the research presented here. I also wish to thank the Leverhulme Trust and the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds for my present Research Fellowship. Most of all I thank George Pattison for his guidance, encouragement , and patience, and especially for offering me his time and his wisdom so graciously. Mike Weston, Daniel Wilson, and Nigel Warburton have read and commented on the text at various stages in its development, and their advice has been invaluable. I am also indebted to Jon Stewart for allowing me to use his translations of texts by Kierkegaard’s contemporaries. A special thank you to Don Cupitt, who first taught me philosophy and theology, and who introduced me to Kierkegaard. I could not have had a more inspiring teacher. I am very grateful to Don and his wife Susan for all their kindness and generosity during the last few years. Finally I would like to thank my friends who have helped me in many different ways while I have been writing this book—in particular Arun Ghosh, Stig Machin, Pat Machin, Jo Thomas, Matthew Francis, Christine Howitt, Elaine Hepburn, and John Tresch. xi ...