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Kierkegaard on Faith and Reason - Prof C Stephen Evans

Theologian

C Stephen Evans


Duration

58.47


Uploaded to YouTube

7 March 2026

Added to Database

8 April 2026


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What did Danish Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard say about faith and reason?
What is really meant by his "leap of faith"?
What are the role and limits of reason in finding God?
How would Kierkegaard respond to modern atheist objections?

Guest is Prof C Stephen Evans, Emeritus Professor, Baylor University, a leading Kierkegaard scholar.

Links to Prof Evans books

https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/classical-studies/ancient-philosophy/kierkegaards-philosophical-fragments?format=HB&isbn=9781009550758

https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/philosophy/nineteenth-century-philosophy/kierkegaard-introduction

https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802872869/kierkegaard-and-spirituality/

1:00 Overview of Kierkegaard's views

2:34 Is Faith in God Intuitive?

4:00 Other Philosophers' Views on the Role of Reason in Faith

6:14 Kierkegaard's Motivations for Writing on Faith and Reason

11:10 Faith vs Knowledge

14:16 Faith as a Passion

17:32 Uncertainty - Doubt vs Faith

22:08 Faith and Emotion

24:42 Faith and Paradox

33:16 Insight Beyond Reason

37:59 Kierkegaard's Influence

41:35 Kierkegaard's Answers to Common Atheist Objections

53:50 The Search for God

57:53 Prof Evans' Books