Ryan S. Kemp is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Wheaton College (IL). His research focuses on 18th - and 19th -century European philosophy, especially the work of Kant and Kierkegaard. His recent work has appeared in Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, and European Journal of Philosophy. Christopher Iacovetti is a graduate student in philosophy and religion, with research interests in German Idealism, Christian Platonism, and autobiographical literature. Previous work of his has appeared in Epoché: A Journal for the History of Philosophy, Modern Theology, and Pro Ecclesia.

• Introduction: The Self Transformation Puzzle Part I: Radical Conversion in Kant and the German IdealistsChapter 1: The Problem of Conversion in Kant’s Religion Chapter 2: Schelling on Conversion from Dogmatism to Criticism Chapter 3: Fichte on Becoming an IdealistChapter 4: Hegel on Culture, Philosophy, and ConversionPart II: Kierkegaard’s Break with the German TraditionChapter 5: Kierkegaard’s Challenge to the Rational Affirmation Tradition Chapter 6: Kierkegaard’s Grace Account of ConversionChapter 7: A Kierkegaardian Case for Ethical Faith

"This carefully argued and erudite study is provocative in more than one way . . . From start to finish, the authors’ arguments are articulated with close attention to the central texts and advanced in critical dialogue with some of the finest recent scholarship."Steven Hoeltzel, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews