Answer to Question #262111 in Philosophy for Mimi

Question

Identify/compare the views of Clifford, James, and Kierkegaard regarding religious belief (faith)

Answer 1

He says faith is being a contemporary of the God-man and meeting the requirements of believing the God-man's words. ... Out of these two points of view Kierkegaard's view of faith is the aligning of the self in a trusting relationship with the God-man.Kierkegaard believed that everyone would die but also that everyone had an immortal self, or soul, that would go on forever. Boredom and anxiety can be alleviated in various ways, but the only way to escape despair is to have total faith in God.For his emphasis on individual existence—particularly religious existence—as a constant process of becoming and for his invocation of the associated concepts of authenticity, commitment, responsibility, anxiety, and dread, Søren Kierkegaard is generally considered the father of existentialism.