January 7:
Preface, Attunement, Speech in Praise of Abraham, Preamble from the
Heart ;
January 10: Problema I, Problema II; January 14: Problema III,
Epilogue
Reading/Discussion Prompts
January 7
Which attunement account is most interesting?
Does Abraham possess free will?
Is God ethical in asking Abraham to sacrifice his son?
What is most striking about Rembrandt's painting?
January 10
Is individuality ethical?
What are the differences between the tragic hero and the
faith hero?
Why didn't Satan teleologically suspend the ethical?
What are the steps of faith?
Draw a picture of the relationship between: the infinite and
finite movements, the individual, the particular, the universal,
and the ethical, all with respect to faith.
Can abortion be viewed as an act of faith?
January 14
Questions du jour
Has anybody ever told you a deep dark
secret?
When is it right to remain silent? When is
it wrong?
Discussion Questions
What does the saying “always tell the
truth” have to do with Abraham’s silence?
How are Abraham and Isaac part of each
other? Part of each one of us?
Why is the title Fear and Trembling?
Is Satan part of the universal? The
concealed? The disclosed? The absolute?
Trace the steps of faith.
What does the following statement mean:
Faith is the infinite inside of our finitude?
Find the most quotable, critical statement
that Kierkegaard makes in this work.
“in a sense there dwells infinitely more
good in a demonic than in a superficial person” means what?
