Kierkegaard on intellect and Faith a critical study

Introduction In the great theistic world-religions, notably Christianity, Judaism and Islam, religious faith is closely tied to God. To speak of faith for a member of one of these religions is to speak primarily of faith in God. This of course does not solve our problem, but merely introduces a new question: what does it mean to have faith in God? Minimally, it might mean faith that God exists. Certainly many discussions in the philosophy of religion focus on belief in God, as a belief that there is a God. It is worth noting that faith in God, as it is understood in the Bible, is never understood merely as belief that God exists. It is also trust and obedience. Any way, how a person can obtains such a faith in the today's world? We do not live in the same world as the people of Biblical times. Then, there is the new question in the mind of thinkers of Christian world: Can we base the faith on intellect? Is the rational justification of religious belief possible? The history of Christian theology and philosophy shows that there have been Great masters, who thought about the question of the relation between faith and intellect. In twentieth century Bertrand Russell claims that religious belief would only be appropriate if it were based on sufficient evidence, and that no such evidence is available. But John Locke thinks some religious truths are knowable by intellect. Kant had attempted to develop a religion within the limits of reason alone, in which the essential tenets of Christian faith could be derived from practical reason. Hegel had constructed a,