The Church of Saint Søren began to operate on Feb. 14, 2003,
with the distribution of the first cyber-sermon.
This Internet gathering of like-minded people
from all over the world operates by means of
an electronic mailing list and this website.
We seek to explore and extend the
possibilities of spirit
that were opened up by Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855).
We would like to expand his beginnings
into a full, living tradition of existential spirtuality.
Existential spirituality is outlined in the first cyber-sermon:
"Introducing
Existential
Spirituality"
.
Several books exploring existential spirituality are reviewed here:
Existential
Spirituality Bibliography.
This bibliography
includes reviews of
several books by
Soren Kierkegaard.
But this Internet community did not
engage in Kierkegaard scholarship.
Discussion of what
Kierkegaard wrote and what he meant
were not a part
of the Church of St. Soren.
Just as SK himself
would not have spent his life
interpreting his
past written works
but would have continued
to create new and original thoughts,
so we will endeavor to extend his tradition.
If SK were alive
today, what would he have to say?
We
shall seek to go forward from his foundation.
Existential
spirituality
is not an academic interest.
Rather it is a living
possibility.
THE EXISTENTIAL FREEDOM GROUP
In the middle of the first decade of the 21st
century,
a Yahoo group was established under the name:
the Existential Freedom Group---see below.
The Church of St. Soren was merged into this group.
The Existential Freedom Group will continue as an
e-mailing list,
which allows all subscribers to share ideas with all others.
This is an open group, open to all interested persons.
FACEBOOK PAGE: EXISTENTIAL SPIRITUALITY
1. Existential Anxiety: Angst .WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY?
2. Existential Loneliness:
Deeper than the Reach of Love .
3. Existential Depression:
Deeper than Psychological Depression .
4. Looking for the Meaning of Life .
5. Sinking into the River of Existential Despair .
6. Existential Guilt:
Deeper than Pangs of Conscience .
1. Beyond
the Life of the Body, the Heart, & the Mind .
2. Ways
to Expand Our Spirits .
3. Self-Transcendence, Self-Criticism, & Altruism .
4. Freedom:Transcending Enculturation and Choosing for Ourselves .
5. Creativity: Making Something Genuinely New .
6. Love: The I-Thou Encounter, Discovering Other Persons of Spirit .
7. The
Disclosure of Existential Anxiety
and
other Manifestations of Our Existential Predicament .
8. Glimpses of Joy and Fulfillment .