A New View of Kierkegaard: Robert C. Roberts

Our guest Robert C. Roberts offers a new and revolutionary reading of the Christian philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard. Roberts suggests that it is virtue ethics, rather than existentialism, that holds the key to Kierkegaard's thought.

Roberts guides the reader through Kierkegaard's thought about character--clarifying while never unduly simplifying--to show how Kierkegaard's prescient psychological insights can be applied in the lives of twenty-first-century Christians interested in personal formation. Taking on a Kierkegaardian voice of his own, Roberts powerfully illustrates how virtue arises not from the mastery of individual ethical principles but from the continuity of one's soul with the heart of God.

Robert C. Roberts is distinguished professor emeritus of ethics at Baylor University. Among his other books are Taking the Word to Heart: Self and Others in an Age of Therapies and Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues.