The Kierkegaard, Religion and Culture Group seeks to explore the significance of the religious thought and ethics of Kierkegaard for contemporary culture in its various aspects: social, political, ecclesiastical, theological, philosophical, and aesthetic.

Co-chairs:
    Andrew J. Burgess (University of New Mexico)
    Marilyn Piety (Drexel University)

Steering Committee:
    Stephen N. Dunning (University of Pennsylvania)
    Amy Laura Hall (Duke University)
    Jason A. Mahn (Duke University)
    Helene T. Russell (Christian Theological Seminary)
    Sylvia Walsh (Stetson University)

The Søren Kierkegaard Society (which is related to but distinct from this Group) regularly sponsors sessions at the AAR/SBL* annual conference and regional conferences. Traditionally, a Kierkegaard Banquet takes place on the Friday evening of the annual AAR conference. Kierkegaard sessions are also commonly held at APA** conferences.

The 2008 AAR Annual Meeting will be held on November 1-3 in Chicago, IL.
For our call for papers, please click here.
The deadline is Monday, February 25!

In addition to these regular meetings, conferences of Kierkegaard scholars in North America are also held from time to time at other venues, most often at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. Information about SK conferences is collected on a site maintained by John Davenport: http://www.fordham.edu/philosophy/davenport/skconferences.htm

*American Academy of Religion/ Society of Biblical Literature http://www.aarweb.org/
** American Philosophical Association http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/index.html

• On November 6, 2007, Prof. C. Stephen Evans delivered the Second Annual Julia Watkin Memorial Lecture at St. Olaf College.
  Evans' lecture was titled: "Søren Kierkegaard: Father of Existentialism or Critic of Existentialism?"
• This year's AAR Annual Meeting was held over the weekend of November 17-20, 2007, in San Diego, CA.
  Click here for our schedule of events related to Kierkegaard.
• On December 7-8, 2007, the Hong Kierkegaard Library hosted a two-day symposium on Kierkegaard and Death.
  Please contact Cynthia Lund for details.
• The Kierkegaard Society of Slovakia hosted a conference on Kierkegaard in mid-December.
  For details, please contact Prof. Roman Kralik.
• This year's Eastern APA Meeting was held from December 27-30, 2007, in Baltimore, MD.
  Click here to access John Davenport's site on Kierkegaard activities at the APA.

• Kierkegaard's Writings. The definitive edition of Kierkegaard's writings in English.
• International Kierkegaard Commentary. A comprehensive series of commentaries on Kierkegaard's Writings.
• Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter. The new 51-volume edition of Kierkegaard's writings in the original Danish.
• Kierkegaard Research: Sources, Reception, and Resources. An extensive new multi-volume encyclopedia covering Kierkegaard's sources and international reception.
• Texts from Golden Age Denmark. First-time translations of primary sources critical for understanding Kierkegaard in context.
• For a list (maintained by Charles Bellinger) of further publications relevant to Kierkegaard research, please click here.