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Item The influence of Christian moral ideology on Schaevius' translations of Odes by Horace ; The pathology of the aesthete and its expression in the sequence of essays in volume one of Søren Kierkegaard's Either/or(1987) Bearden, Charles Floyd; Schulz-Behrend, George, 1913-2010; Hoberman, John M. (John Milton), 1944-; Lefevere, AndréItem Salvation from Despair and Estrangement: An Analysis of Religious Existentialism as Found in Soren Kierkegaard and Paul Tillich(2014-07-30) Rothwell, Andrew ThomasThe purpose of this thesis is to investigate the causes and effects of existential despair and estrangement on man, and additionally the methods in which man can be saved from them by Christ, as found in seminal works of S?ren Kierkegaard?s The Sickness unto Death and Paul Tillich?s Systematic Theology Vol. II. In-depth analysis will be given to these two works in order to show how traditional existential concepts of despair and alienation are understood within a heavily Christian framework. Within Christianity, these two authors will show the theological import of despair and estrangement on the soul of man. Both conclude that these aspects of existence are a terrible burden on the soul and, ultimately, constitute a unique interpretation of sin outside of the traditional ethical framework. Kierkegaard builds up a unique ontology of man as dialectical politics of multiple syntheses and showing how despair is actually the result of misrelations within these synthetic relationships. He also examines the consequences of conscious and unconscious despair. Tillich, on the other hand, believes that estrangement is related to the separation of man from God as a result of vices. Conscious that we are separated from God and desiring salvation, man seeks various methods of self-salvation that Tillich believes unilaterally fail. After analyzing the theology of atonement, Tillich ultimately agrees with Kierkegaard. The only thing that saves us from our despair and estrangement, which constitute sin, is the individual?s acceptance of the saving grace of Christ?s forgiveness.Item Toward an understanding of the possibility of a religious leap in Kierkegaard's a literary review(Texas A&M University, 2008-10-10) Berquist, Erik SvenIn his work A Literary Review, Kierkegaard bemoans much about "the present age" and in the text he presents an extremely bleak picture of the potential for one to live an authentically religious life. However, he also makes it clear that he believes the present age is in a uniquely superior position because a religious leap remains possible. The purpose of this thesis is to determine why Kierkegaard believes that a religious leap is possible in the present age. I attempt to understand one promising method of achieving a religious leap by appealing to another work by Kierkegaard entitled Philosophical Fragments. It is my position that, given a particular interpretation, Philosophical Fragments places some readers in a position where a religious leap emerges as a possibility.