Kierkegaard's Christianity according to the philosophy of post-Hegelian religion

Abstract

The article examines Søren Kierkegaard’s understanding of Christianity within the post-Hegelian debate on the philosophy of religion. The author applies a historical-philosophical methodology, combining primary-source analysis (Hegel, Kierkegaard, Feuerbach, Strauss) with a critical reconstruction of the right- and left-Hegelian schools. The objective is to clarify the historical and speculative foundations underlying Kierkegaard’s subjective reinterpretation of Christianity, grounded in inwardness, freedom, and absolute individuality. The study highlights the scope and implications of this position: first, the inherent incompatibility between classical dogmatics and the notion of absolute subjectivity; second, the paradoxical, dialectical nature of faith as the unity of the human and the divine; and third, the tension between orthodox Christianity and Kierkegaard’s radical re-signification, which ultimately advances a form of “Christianity without Christianity.” The article concludes that although Kierkegaard sought to defend the Christian tradition, his reconfiguration shifts religion toward a subjective and existential sphere that transcends historical and doctrinal objectivity.