"Everyone supposedly knows that Kierkegaard was an 'individualist' who had little understanding or appreciation of society. This book completely undermines that myth by showing us how much Kierkegaard has to contribute to social theory. The author also thereby helps us see that theology cannot only learn from sociology but has much to contribute to social theory in turn." --C. Stephen Evans, University Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University "Tyson's book reveals Kierkegaard at his most prophetic in the senses of being both subversive--confronting how we have come to think of ourselves and society--and eerily prescient and timely.