The paper investigates the question, in what way Kierkegaard can be considered to be a Lutheran theologian. Drawing on confined passages of Kierkegaard's "For Self-Examination" the precise relationship between faith and works, faith and action is examined. Kierkegaard explicitly and positively refers to those distinctions by Luther. However, Kierkegaard recognizes a different "polemical situation" compared to Luther's time and taking this into considerations he has to place his emphasis differently than Luther did. For him a simple recitation of Luther would lead to misunderstandings. Kierkegaard turns out to be a Lutheran theologian exactly by carrying out reformulations necessary for his time.

Enthalten in:
Kerygma und Dogma; 2011/4 Zeitschrift für theologische Forschung und kirchliche Lehre (2011)

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Serie / Reihe: Kerygma und Dogma

Personen: Hauschildt, Friedrich Knuth, Hans Christian (gefeierte Person)

Schlagwörter: Luther Theologe Subjektivität Luthertum Glaubensvermittlung