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According to Soren Kierkergaard, a prominent existentialist, in Stephen J. Dubner's novel, Turbulent Souls, the protagonists, Stephen, Veronica, and Paul Dubner, are the quintessential "Knights of Faith".
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Jeremy Gelbart According to Soren Kierkergaard, a prominent existentialist, in Stephen J. Dubner's novel, Turbulent Souls, the protagonists, Stephen, Veronica, and Paul Dubner, are the quintessential "Knights of Faith". A " Knight of Faith" is the existentially perfect man or woman who could grasp his own freedom and create his own destiny. Despite the disconnectedness of the world, the "Knight of Faith" finds the courage to unify his or her world through an act of determination. Through much searching, the "Knight of Faith" discovers that man is entrapped in absolute isolation. Prior to becoming a " Knight of Faith" he or she must take a " leap of faith" into something higher and beyond the self such as into belief in G-d. The only way authentically to take a " leap of faith" and to escape the anxiety and despair that is the quintessence of the universal human condition...
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