Kierkegaard is never more lyrical than when writing about the beauty of creation. Throughout his authorship, there are numerous passages where he waxes poetic on the natural world, whether it be on the colors of an autumn scene, a sunset, or a moonlit evening. At the same time, he also thinks that the beauty of…

There’s been a real need for a biography on Kierkegaard that would be both accessible and enjoyable to a broad audience. In so many respects, Stephen Backhouse’s Kierkegaard: A Single Life fills this lacuna. A Window in Denmark: Approaching Kierkegaard What Backhouse does so successfully is provide readers with a window into Kierkegaard’s life in…