Gordon Marino

Gordon Marino is a philosopher, author, and editor specializing in the history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, and Søren Kierkegaard. He earned a B.A. from Columbia University, an M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago’s Committee on Social Thought. Marino served as a professor of philosophy and curator of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College, where he is now a senior research fellow.

His books include Kierkegaard in the Present Age and The Existentialist’s Survival Guide. He edited Ethics: The Essential Writings, Basic Writings of Existentialism, and The Quotable Kierkegaard, and coedited The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard. His essays have appeared in publications including The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and the Wall Street Journal.