Imitation and Contemporaneity: Kierkegaard and the Imitation of Christ

Cockayne, Joshua

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“…Christlikeness is a natural result when believers truly acknowledge the lordship of Christ and authentically practice followership aforementioned. In other words, if believers experience a radical transformation in identity for a new ontological foundation and values for a new epistemological lens, they are no longer in the category of cheap Christians but in the category of authentic Christians who willingly imitate Christ based on what Kierkegaard said (Cockayne, 2017:1). When believers abandon the desire of imitating Christ, they devalue the importance of Christlikeness and make light of victory over sin through holiness, but just pursue success in mission projects for growth.…”

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Missional Discipleship in the Public Sphere: With Special Reference to Lordship, Followership and Christlikeness in the Concept of Public Discipleship

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2021

Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission St

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Missional discipleship is more than a movement seeking a new methodological and strategic mission paradigm. Missional discipleship is the essence of Christianity concerning the ontological foundation for the prime reason for existence as believers and the epistemological lens to see the world from the perspective of transformed values in Christ. In other words, missional discipleship requires acknowledging the lordship of Christ by demonstrating the ontological embodiment of who Christ is and epistemological resemblance by perceiving the reality as Christ does. These radical transformations in both ontological and epistemological areas can enable believers to authentically follow Christ as disciples and demonstrate Christlikeness in all spheres of their existence as missionaries. Christlike attributes and qualities are progressively cultivated in believers lives as they conform to the image of Christ, and the most profound nature of Christlikeness is holiness. Missional discipleship provides a platform to expand the concept of Christlikeness as holiness from the personal dimension to the public dimension to overcome the privatisation of discipleship and Christian religious dualism polarising things into the categories of the sacred and secular.

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Missional Discipleship in the Public Sphere: With Special Reference to Lordship, Followership and Christlikeness in the Concept of Public Discipleship

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2021

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“…Cockayne, alongside Marie Thulstup, is correct to emphasize that the imitation of Christ in Kierkegaard does not mean the literal copying of the concrete details of his existence. 10 It is important to note that contemporaneity does not refer to these aspects of the world. it only refers to the way the world reacts to the truth.…”

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Kierkegaard, Imitation and Contemporaneity: The Importance of the Double Danger

Millay

2020

The Heythrop Journal

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Recently, there has been a rich scholarly discussion on the theme of imitatio Christi in the writings of Søren Kierkegaard. 1 Joshua Cockayne has helpfully connected this theme to another important concept in Kierkegaard: contemporaneity. 2 It is clear that these two themes are closely linked in Kierkegaard's writings, but there is still a good deal of debate over what 'imitation' and 'contemporaneity' mean in these texts. In this article, I clarify the concept of contemporaneity in Kierkegaard in an effort to better understand what he thinks the imitation of Christ entails. The scholarly interpretations of contemporaneity as a concept in Kierkegaard can be placed in four categories: epistemological, mystical, psychological, and sacramental. In the epistemological interpretation, contemporaneity refers to the fact that the believer comes to know Christ not from history, but from direct encounter. 3 The mystical interpretation of contemporaneity emphasizes the direct presence of Christ within the human person. 4 Patrick Stokes's psychological interpretation of contemporaneity highlights a particular mode of thinking whereby one achieves contemporaneity by intentionally making the object of thought-in this case, Christpresent before oneself. 5 Finally, in the sacramental interpretation of contemporaneity, Christ is present in the Eucharist. 6 While all of these interpretations are in some sense correct and find support in Kierkegaard's texts, I argue they are missing a key element: Kierkegaard's philosophy of history, 7 or how he understands 'the world'. 8 In Kierkegaard's understanding, we can become contemporary with Christ because, in some sense, the world is still the same. Our world is Christ's world. How so? In short, it still reacts to the presence of the truth in its midst in the same way; namely, it persecutes it. Here is where the notion of the 'double danger,' first introduced in Works of Love, is helpful. The double danger refers to the two difficulties constitutive of the Christian life: first, one practices self-denial; then, one is persecuted for it. Kierkegaard lays this out in two lucid paragraphs in Works of Love: If the world is not as Christianity originally assumed it to be, then Christianity is essentially abolished. What Christianity calls self-denial specifically and essentially involves a double danger; otherwise the self-denial is not Christian self-denial. Therefore if anyone can demonstrate that the world or Christendom has now become essentially good, as if it were eternity, then I will also demonstrate that Christian self-denial has been made impossible and

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Being an Authentic Christian: an Analysis Based on The Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard

Selamat

2021

IJIPTh

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Kierkegaard emphasis the importance of each individual being an authentic person. In his works, he gives an overview and direction to become an authentic person. Realizing whether someone authentically is not easy. Nowadays, I see many Christians who do not really live their lives as a Christian. The focus of this research is to present Kierkegaard's view on the criteria of an authentic Christian. The method used is a critical reading analysis of Kierkegaard's works (particularly Purity of Heart and The Sickness unto Death), previous research studies, observations, and interviews with several individuals. The author finds six criteria about authentic Christian individuals, namely: (1) Living in repentance, (2) Personal relationship with God, (3) Fear of God, (4) Willingness to suffer, (5) Being a loving person, and (6) Living in silence.

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Imitation and Contemporaneity: Kierkegaard and the Imitation of Christ

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References 9 publications

Missional Discipleship in the Public Sphere: With Special Reference to Lordship, Followership and Christlikeness in the Concept of Public Discipleship

Missional Discipleship in the Public Sphere: With Special Reference to Lordship, Followership and Christlikeness in the Concept of Public Discipleship

Kierkegaard, Imitation and Contemporaneity: The Importance of the Double Danger

Being an Authentic Christian: an Analysis Based on The Philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard

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