{"id":7010,"date":"2024-04-15T13:45:57","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T18:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/?page_id=7010"},"modified":"2026-10-08T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:16:29","slug":"kierkegaard-bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/kierkegaard-bio\/","title":{"rendered":"S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"5830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/kierkegaardportrait-2-jpg-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/files\/2023\/07\/KierkegaardPortrait-2.jpg-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2025,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"KierkegaardPortrait-2.jpg-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/files\/2023\/07\/KierkegaardPortrait-2.jpg-2-810x1024.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/files\/2023\/07\/KierkegaardPortrait-2.jpg-2-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Image of painting depicting the young Kierkegaard from the chest up, facing forward.\" class=\"wp-image-5830\" style=\"width:241px;height:auto\" title=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Portrait of Kierkegaard by <a href=\"https:\/\/embark.stolaf.edu\/objects-1\/info?query=Portfolios+%3D+%2287%22+and+Disp_Maker_1+%3D+%22Mark+Balma%22&amp;sort=52\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/embark.stolaf.edu\/objects-1\/info?query=Portfolios+%3D+%2287%22+and+Disp_Maker_1+%3D+%22Mark+Balma%22&amp;sort=52\">Mark Balma<\/a> <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>About S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard (1813\u20131855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and cultural critic whose work laid the foundations for existentialism and continues to influence philosophy, theology, literature, and psychology today. He explored themes such as faith, ethics, anxiety, and the individual\u2019s relationship to truth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about the Dane, explore the resources linked below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Kierkegaard&#8217;s Life and Writings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To learn more about Kierkegaard&#8217;s life and writings, visit these resources on the S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard Centre <a href=\"https:\/\/teol.ku.dk\/skc\/english\/about-soeren-kierkegaard\/the-global-dane-soeren-kierkegaard-teologian-philosopher-author\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Kierkegaard in Copenhagen: A Walking Tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore Kierkegaard\u2019s Denmark from your home, or use this <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/1a8a28d1d78b41dba284f29683e82d00?fbclid=IwY2xjawKYiBBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFIakxGTGU0SUNGaWthbjN3AR4hzRYrw_alYXHvP930fdgdPUqzoBDuL9bY1qXj1i4JujvZ-EiyBEPmZIyuzA_aem_wL86mKI-_5ynOX3E_rhUmQ\">resource<\/a> to lead an exploration in person throughout beautiful Copenhagen, as well as Northern Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">On S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read this brief <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/on-soren-kierkegaard\/\">biography<\/a> by Gordon Marino.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard S\u00f8ren Kierkegaard (1813\u20131855) was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and cultural critic whose work laid the foundations for existentialism and continues to influence philosophy, theology, literature, and psychology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7797,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7010","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7797"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7010"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10981,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7010\/revisions\/10981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/kierkegaard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}