ABSTRACT
The Danish word Skabelse (creation, making) and its related forms Skabning (creature, creation) and skabe (to create, form, make) are all relevant to unpacking the meaning of “creation” in Kierkegaard. The focus in using these words can fall on God’s activity by which the creation came into being (Genesis 1); the physical shape or exterior appearance of things or living individual beings; the totality of all created things or the notion of the world; the way human beings have been created by God, with an essence or nature, and the way God in Christ can bring about a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17); and the more general production or creation coming into being through creative action, whether human or divine.1
