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Slaattè, Howard Alexander was born on October 18, 1919 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Iver T. and Esther (Larsen) Slaattè.
(A Re-Appraisal of Kierkegaard provides the reader with a ...)
A Re-Appraisal of Kierkegaard provides the reader with a critical summation of Kierkegaard's basic existential insights into the problems and meanings of time and eternity as related to existence, knowledge and faith. Slaatte accentuates Kierkegaard's philosophy of time and destiny as related to daily existence, giving meaning and purpose to human life in the present tense of existence as related to the past and the future. Contents: KIERKEGAARD'S GENERAL INFLUENCE; Kierkegaard's Biographical Sketch, an Introduction; KIERKEGAARD'S PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE; The Meaning of Existence; The Conscious Self; The Decisive Self; The Self-Transcendent Self; The Problem of Reason; Reason and the Reasoner; Reason and Human Existence; Reason and Philosophical Issues; The Basis of Ethics; The Trans-rational Perspective; The Re-motivated Person; The Re-oriented Existence; The Role of Paradox I; Backgrounds in Philosophy; Delineation of S.K.'s View; KIERKEGAARD'S RELIGIOUS IMPACT; The Role of Paradox II; Barth's View Compared; Tillich's View Compared; The Inception of Dialectical Theology; The Backdrop of Modern Thought; The Existential Implications; The Redemptive Doctrines; The Relevance to Eschatology; The Meaning of Time; The Meaning of Eternity.
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Slaattè, Howard Alexander was born on October 18, 1919 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of Iver T. and Esther (Larsen) Slaattè.
Associate of Arts, Kendall College, 1940. Bachelor cum laude, University North Dakota, 1942. Bachelor of Divinity cum laude, Drew University, 1945.
Doctor of Philosophy, Drew University, 1956. Drew fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford University, England, 1950.
Pastor, Detroit Conference United Methodist Church, 1950-1965; associate professor systematic theology, Temple University, 1956-1960; visiting professor, professor philosophy and religion, McMurry College (now named McMurry U.), 1960-1965; professor department philosophy, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, 1965-1989; professor emeritus, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, since 1989; department chairman, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, 1966-1981; member graduate council, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, 1970-1973; member research board, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, 1974-1976; member academic standards and policy committee, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, 1975-1977; research grantee, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, 1976, 77; member board, Campus Christian Center, 1973-1975; professor ethics, St. Leo (Florida) College, 1993. Lecturer Traverse City (Michigan) Eastern State Hospital, 1966-1971, American OntoanalyticalAssn. international conference, Acapulco, Mexico, 1970, World Congress Logotherapy, San Diego, 1980, other organizations. Member West Virginia Conference, United Methodist Church, 1965-1985.
(A collection of essays designed to explore the nature and...)
(A Re-Appraisal of Kierkegaard provides the reader with a ...)
(This book explicates a Christian existentialist and perso...)
Member West Virginia Conference United Methodist Church, 1966-1987, retired, 1987. Board directors Institute for Advanced Philosophical Research, 1979-1990. Chairman board directors Salvation Army of Huntington, West Virginia.
Courtesy professor University South Florida, 1993-1999. Member West Virginia Philosophical Association (president, 1966-1967, 83-84), American Philosophical Association, American Association of University Professors, American Academy Religion.
Married Mildred Gegenheimer, June 20, 1951. Children: Elaine Slaatte Quaddur, Mark, Paul.