5 Reasons the Church Needs Kierkegaard

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Aaron Simmons is back on the podcast to preview our upcoming reading group - Walking with Kierkegaard. In this conversation we give 5 reasons the church needs Kierkegaard today. 5 Reasons the Church needs Kierkegaard today 1. Kierkegaard reminds us that faith is about lived commitment, not simply about right belief. 2. Kierkegaard helps us see that Christian Nationalism is anti-Christ. 3. Kierkegaard shows what it means to seek faithfulness, rather than success. 4. Kierkegaard stresses the radical inclusivity of the call: "Come all who are heavy burdened." 5. Kierkegaard models what it looks like to see humility as the condition of confidence. J. Aaron Simmons holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University and is currently a Professor of philosophy at Furman University in Greenville, SC (USA). He is the President of the Søren Kierkegaard Society (USA) and has published widely in philosophy of religion, phenomenology, and existentialism. Among his authored and edited books are God and the Other: Ethics and Politics After the Theological Turn; The New Phenomenology: A Philosophical Introduction; Kierkegaard’s God and the Good Life; and Kierkegaard and Levinas: Ethics, Politics, and Religion. He and his wife, Vanessa, have been married 20 years and have an 11 year old son, Atticus. Although Aaron loves doing philosophy, he would almost always rather be fishing. Check out Aaron’s youtube channel: “Philosophy for Where We Find Ourselves,” and his TedX talk (also on youtube): “The Failure of Success.” Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, this is Tripp.
0:07.7	You're listening to Homebrewed Christianity.
0:09.5	We're since the year of 2008, we've been bringing audiological goodness.
0:15.2	That's right, interviews, right into your earbuds, bringing the best out of the ivory
0:19.0	tower so you can, you know, nerd out
0:22.2	while you're doing dishes or exercising or watching a sleeping sick child. And today on the podcast
0:29.4	is my friend Aaron Simmons. How are you doing, Aaron? I'm doing great. And thankfully, I don't
0:34.9	have a sick child at home and my dishes are washed so I'm ready to go man
0:38.7	that's good it would uh it would be difficult to discuss soren kirkagard while sitting next to a
0:45.3	sleeping child or hearing the the you know the act of dishes but um it's true that's great luckily
0:52.7	the distractions of finitude right you know know, we'll navigate them as we must.
0:59.4	So what we were hoping to do in this conversation is lure all you dear listeners over to iHeart, kirkegaard.com.
1:08.0	What's there? Well, you can sign up for an upcoming online class with Aaron and I, where we will be
1:14.5	reading Soren Kierkegaard, 19th century Danish philosopher, father of existentialism,
1:19.8	critic of Christendom.
1:21.8	And he is ready to ruin your life in the best way.
1:25.9	You might say you could get lost in order to find faith.
1:30.9	So iHeartkirkegaard.com, and today we have five reasons the church needs Kierkegaard.
1:36.9	Now, before we get to these five reasons and all sorts of nerdy conversation ensues,
1:41.8	I think it would be fun for us both to introduce ourselves by
1:46.2	it telling where we first met Kierkegaard. So we both did PhDs. We both like reading and teaching
1:54.6	Kierkegaard. So when was it that Aaron Simmons here a little bit about yourself when you first
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