Mary Jeanne Larrabee
\nDePaul University<\/p>\n
I present a case for a love that has a wisdom knowing nothing. How this nothing functions underlies what Kierkegaard urges in Works of Love<\/em> and how Zen compassion moves us to action. In each there is an ethical call to love in action. I investigate how Kierkegaard\u2019s \u201creligiousness B\u201d is a \u201csecond immediacy\u201d in relation to God, one springing from a nothing between human and God. This immediacy clarifies what Kierkegaard takes to be the Christian call to love. I draw a parallel between Kierkegaard\u2019s immediacy and the expression of immediacy within a Zen-influenced life, particularly the way in which it calls the Zen practitioner to act toward the specific needs of the person standing before one. In my understanding of both Kierkegaard and Zen life, there is also an ethics of response to the circumstances that put the person in need, such as entrenched poverty or other injustices.<\/p>\n Read article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ISSN 1076-9005 Volume 22, 2015 A Love Knowing Nothing: Zen Meets Kierkegaard Mary Jeanne Larrabee DePaul University I present a case for a love that has a wisdom knowing nothing. How this nothing functions underlies what Kierkegaard urges in Works of Love and how Zen compassion moves us to action. In each there is an … Continue reading Zen Meets Kierkegaard<\/span>