Description: "A call to Christian discipleship that draws on the works of S²ren Kierkegaard to illustrate how prevailing notions of Christianity are often at odds with genuine Christian character"--
Brief description: Robert C. Roberts is distinguished professor emeritus of ethics at Baylor University. Among his other books are Taking the Word to Heart: Self and Others in an Age of Therapies and Spiritual Emotions: A Psychology of Christian Virtues.
Review Quotes:
"While this volume might find its natural audience in academia, those who are generally interested in philosophy and/or ethics will find Recovering Christian Character an insightful read. Roberts attempts to show his twenty-first century readers, far removed from Kierkegaard's Denmark, that they can still ruminate and discover the hidden wisdom of Kierkegaard, but only if they have ears to hear."
--Calvin Theological Journal
"By focusing single-mindedly on this guiding purpose of Kierkegaard's work, Roberts's book is not only instructive. It is genuinely ennobling."
--Interpretation