Soren KierkegaardSøren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, religious writer, and literary stylist whose work helped shape existential philosophy, modern theology, and the literature of inward spiritual struggle. Born in Copenhagen in 1813, he wrote withunusual intensity about faith, anxiety, despair, choice, love, irony, and the individual's relation to God. Much of his work was published under pseudonyms, allowing him to explore religious and philosophical problems through distinct voices rather than a single direct system.Kierkegaard's major works include Either/Or, Fear and Trembling, The Concept of Anxiety, Philosophical Fragments, Works of Love, The Sickness Unto Death, and Practice in Christianity. He was sharply critical of comfortable, socially approved religion and of the idea that Christianity could be reduced to custom, institution, or philosophical abstraction. His thought remains central to readers of existentialism, Christian theology, philosophy of religion, ethics, psychology, and the literature of spiritual crisis. Read More Read Less