ABSTRACT
Forty years ago the journal Kierkegaardiana published two pages by Ernani C. Reichmann entitled Kierkegaard in Brazil. Before Reichmann, Kierkegaard was only vaguely known in Brazil by those who were familiar with German philosophy or theology and by those who were interested in French existentialism. Having been led to the heart of Kierkegaard's work by the impact of reading The Sickness unto Death, Reichmann represents a turning point in Brazil. Perhaps at that time a deeper reading of Kierkegaard took place only in traditional schools of Protestant theology, whose libraries had sets of Kierkegaard's works in German or English. All Brazilian universities were created in the course of the twentieth century, and in the past decades an enormous effort has been made in Brazil to implement graduate studies programs with master's and doctoral degrees. Although the conditions for rigorous research are still precarious, Kierkegaard was the topic of around twenty masters' dissertations in philosophy, theology over the past decade.
