Abstract
Some years before his death Søren Kierkegaard wrote a number of theological treatises on Holy Communion. In these texts he presented a view of the Eucharist that joins his existentialist emphasis with classical Christian doctrines in a way that provides fresh insight into this Christian sacrament. In Communion, the paradox of eternity-in-time is embodied in bread and wine through which communicants are made one with God-in-time. Kierkegaard seemed to understand Communion as a cure for the existential angst of the individual communicant, but this cure always remains an absurdity to outside observers.
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