The Pearl of Great Price
A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.
The Pearl of Great Price
Aug 8 Soren Kierkegaard's leap of faith
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Tim Byron
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Season 8
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Episode 8
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Today we look at the profoundly influential Danish philosopher Soren Kierkergaard. The Father of Existentialism he was a profoundly Christian thinker. Surviving his fathers harsh Lutheranism he would write some of the most profound criticisms of Christianity but also at times was quasi-mystical