Today I will begin to explore with you the question of what Christian witness looks like today, in the context of violent ideological aggression and war. And I must acknowledge right from the start: I am keenly aware of my location – safe and secure in Canada – and of the location of many of you, who are suffering in the midst of a heinous and brutal war, and in constant and imminent danger of its threats (or at least have loved ones caught in the midst of this horrible aggression). So I am aware, then, that in many respects you are my teachers in regard to my principal question here. All I can hope to do is explore with you what I learn from Holy Scripture and from those who have reflected deeply on it (principally from the study of Kierkegaard and Bonhoeffer). I trust that that these meagre reflections will have meaning for you as you seek to be faithful under these incredibly difficult circumstances.

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Kierkegaard's subjectivity principle is a critique of modern epistemology that remains normative. These norms result from analysis of subjectivity in terms of its reflexive and constitutional elements. Kierkegaard's epistemology is intrinsically theological and explicates human subjectivity in terms of Christian doctrinal concepts such as revelation, sin and atonement.Here the superiority of Christianity is located not in its propositions as such, but in a way of being that effectuates a certain propositional understanding of the world as it establishes the ground for human subjectivity.The way to solve the problem you see in life is to live in a way that will make what is problematic disappear.

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