Lewis)--and he does this in constant conversation with literature, both eastern and western.

Evans makes a strong case that Kierkegaard has something crucial to say to the Christian church as a philosopher and something equally crucial to say to the philosophical world as a Christian believer.

In the end, "placeis the orientation that guides the discussions of Being and God, where philosophy and religion are joined.

Wood contends that Christian existence can never be taken for granted, and so the church itself must seek to create a Christian culture that offers the world a drastic alternative to its own cultureless existence.