As possibilidades existenciais em Kierkegaard - A busca pelo estádio excelente – o Quarto Estádio

Abstract

The thesis of this work refers to the doctrine of the Kierkegaardian Stadiums to verify a very important fact for the current religious scenario, not only in Brazil, but also in the whole world: Kierkegaard did not have time to propose the Fourth Stadium, since he died at such a young age; but he left between the lines, having constantly insisted on the concept of authentic Christianity through the distinction between Christianity and Christianity. The first is the pattern set forthl in Scripture and lived by the apostles and prophets. The second, he refers to the Christianity lived in Denmark in his time – a kind of Christianity without Christ, whichx had more to see with the Aesthetic Stadium than with the Religious Stadium itself. Therefore, Kierkegaard, in elaborating this distinction, leaves open the possibility for the Fourth Stadium – the Excellent Stadium! Although I did not find any allusion to the theme by several authors, was discovered a book written by James Collins under the title: El Pensamiento de Kierkegaard, where, in order to clarify these discrepancies, he distinguishes between religiosity A and religiosity B; and this, according to Collins, "is equivalent to raising to four the number of Stadiums in the dialectic of life. Therefore, what has been verified, through the study of several of Kierkegaard's writings, is that, in fact, he was on the verge of declaring and establishing the Fourth Stadium, as an existential possibility and search for the excellent stadium. So, this work was concerned with confronting modern religiosity, just as Kierkegaard confronted the religiosity of his time with the reality of the Excellent Stadium, the Fourth Stadium, in the expectation of achieving a more consistent reform within the Christianity lived today. Perhaps this fortune is more successful than the fortune of Kierkegaard, who died at the age of 42 years old, without fulfilling his desire to see Danish Christians turn to the true Christian faith.