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admirable Will Rees, Times Literary Supplement

Admirable * Will Rees, Times Literary Supplement * The treatment here is highly competent and it distinguishes itself from previous work through its persistent focus on the concept of hope. * Charles K. Bellinger, Reading Religion * Bernier's monograph is a judiciously written work that articulates a complex thinker with lucidity and great nuance. He includes helpful and concrete examples throughout the book that make Kierkegaard more comprehensible, painting his ideas thus in an attractive light. Its main contribution is clear and persuasive, that hope is central to the Kierkegaardian concept of the self as a task...this is a well-argued book that should make for essential reading for those who desire a clear exposition of Kierkegaard or engaged in Kierkegaard studies. * Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, Reviews in Religion and Theology * The major contribution of Bernier's work lies ... in the convincing demonstration of just how important hope is for understanding the task of self-formation in Kierkegaard. Once again, however, that is not all. Faith as a willingness to hope that defeats despair and accepts the good as gift: such a formulation opens a door for us, not just unto Kierkegaard's thought, but - perhaps - unto the nature of hope itself. * Thomas J. Millay, Anglican Theological Review *

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Mark Bernier (Ph.D., 2013) is a Humanities Research Associate at the University of California, Irvine. He has taught at the University of California, Irvine, California State University at Fullerton, and Azusa Pacific University. He received an M.A. from Texas A&M, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on the philosophy of religion, the early modern period, and existentialism, especially on the thought of Kierkegaard. He is currently working on an anthology of the concept and history of hope.

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