Table of Contents

Introduction: Catholic Theology after Kierkegaard
1: Towards a more Ecumenical reading of Kierkegaard's Theological Anthropology
2: The Wider Catholic Reception of Kierkegaard's Writings in the 20th Century
3: The Theologian of Inwardness: Kierkegaard and the complementary theological vision of Henri de Lubac
4: Monstrance or Monstrosity?: A Kierkegaardian Critique of Hans Urs von Balthasar's Theological Aesthetics
5: Doing Theology with Cornelio Fabro: Kierkegaard, Mary, and the Church
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the Author

Joshua Furnal is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology in the Faculty of Philosophy, Theology, and Religious Studies at Radboud University, the Netherlands. Previously, he was a Visiting Research Fellow with the Leslie Center for the Humanities and a Lecturer in the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College (USA), and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Durham University (UK) in the Department of Theology and Religion.

Reviews

Catholic Theology After Kierkegaard is a revised dissertation, of the highest caliber. It is a model of thorough research, clarity of writing, and importance of thesis. The author, Joshua Furnal, demonstrates a deep knowledge of Kierkegaard's writings, and of the scholarship on him from the twentieth century up to the present, in English, German, French, and Italian.
*Charles K. Bellinger, Reading Religion*

Due to its nuanced argument and thorough research, this volume merits its place in the growing field of research on the Danish existentialist. While too advanced for new readers of Kierkegaard, this volume would be an excellent companion for any readers familiar with his works and ressourcement.
*Brett McLaughlin, SJ, Theological Studies*

Søren Kierkegaard would not usually be considered a shaper of modern Roman Catholic theology. Yet this excellently researched and well-written study presents a convincing case that his importance to many of its key figures has been unjustly overlooked.
*David Grumett, Reviews in Religion and Theology*

Furnal has done a real service in persuasively demonstrating the notable role Kierkegaard has in fact played within important lines of contemporary Catholic theology. Only time will tell as to whether his further ambition--namely, to encourage Catholic theologians to venture future constructive engagements with the Dane as an ecumenical resource--will be realised. But this fine study undoubtedly already represents a firm and welcome step in the pursuit of that hope.
*Philip G. Ziegler, Theology*

[Furnal shows that Catholic] thinkers actually engaged with Kierkegaard, looking for ways he could be of help to Catholics seeking to rejuvenate theology, particularly those involved in the ressourcement, the attempt to get back to the early sources of Christian thinking. It is fascinating to see this engagement and recognize that Kierkegaard actually played a significant role in the theological renewal that made such an impact at Vatican II.
*C. Stephen Evans, Baylor University*

A model study in ecumenical and historical theology: historical, because its focus on key figures of the past shows they are not in fact past while their concerns live on; ecumenical, for Soren Kierkegaard has long been considered an emblematic 'Protestant' theologian while we see here how contemporary Catholic theology would be unthinkable without him And in the process, dialectical as well, as we are treated to often neglected thinkers like Erich Przywara and Erik Peterson, How deeply is Catholic ressourcement indebted to Soren Kierkegaard, and how deftly this work shows that!
*David B. Burrell, University of Notre Dame*

... a book that will prove a landmark in both the study of Kierkegaard and of modern Catholic theology.
*Paul Richardson, The Church of England Newspaper*

Overall, this book's combination of original research, creative thought, and clearly developed arguments make it a valuable scholarly contribution to both Kierkegaard studies and ressourcement theology.
*Horizons*

[Furnal shows how Kierkegaard] not only lent weight to the 'new theology' endorsed by the decrees of Vatican II, but also, we might add, to ecumenical dialogues pursued by ARCIC [Furnal's work] is important, because it re-affirms SK's trans-denominational and trans-confessional significance.
*Church Times*