Each volume of this series of Companions to major philosophers contains specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars, together with a substantial bibliography, and will serve as a reference work for students and non-specialists. The contributors to this Companion probe the full depth of Kierkegaard`s thought revealing its distinctive subtlety. The topics covered include Kierkegaard`s views on art and religion, ethics and psychology, theology and politics, and knowledge and virtue. Much attention is devoted to the pervasive influence of Kierkegaard in twentieth-century philosophy. New readers will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to Kierkegaard currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Kierkegaard.

- Kierkegaard is source of important twentieth-century philosophical ideas, and is widely cited in religious studies and literary theory courses
- Same broad inter-disciplinary market as Companion to Nietzsche
- Comprehensive, systematic, and accessible

Contents
Introduction Alastair Hannay and Gordon D. Marino; 1. Out with it: the modern breakthrough, Kierkegaard and Denmark Bruce H. Kirmmse; 2. The unknown Kierkegaard: twentieth-century receptions Roger Poole; 3. Art in an age of reflection George Pattison; 4. Kierkegaard and Hegel Merold Westphal; 5. Neither either nor or: the perils of self-irony Andrew Cross; 6. Realism and anti-realism in Kierkegaard's concluding unscientific postscript C. Stephen Evans; 7. Existence, emotion, and virtue: classical themes in Kierkegaard Robert C. Roberts; 8. Faith and the Kierkegaardian leap M. Jamie Ferreira; 9. Arminian edification: Kierkegaard on grace and free will Timothy P. Jackson; 10. Developing fear and trembling Ronald M. Green; 11. Repetition: getting the world back Edward F. Mooney; 12. Anxiety in the Concept of Anxiety Gordon D. Marino; 13. Kierkegaard and the Variety of Despair Alastair Hannay; 14. Kierkegaard's Christian ethics Philip L. Quinn; 15. Religious dialectics and christology Hermann Deuser; 16. The utilitarian self and the 'useless passion of faith Klaus-M. Kodalle.