b'Mary, The Mother of God: A Knight of Faith in Kierkegaards Fear and TremblingKim FromkinSponsor: Dr. Lavonna LovernSoren Kierkegaard presents his ideology on the paradox of faith in Fear and Trembling. He condenses this paradox into two key archetypes, a knight of resignation and a knight of faith. He then uses the biblical characters of Abraham, the father of faith, and Mary, the mother of God, to embody the paradox. Though Kierkegaard illustrates both a masculine and feminine exemplar of faith in his work, scholars have emphasized Abrahams character over Marys. Much scholarship was found on Abraham as a Kierkegaardian paragon while Mary remains obsolete. This paper uses Kierkegaards Fear and Trembling to isolate his knight of resignation and knight of faith analogies. It then examines the actions and personalities of the biblical characters that Kierkegaard chose to demonstrate in his work. The paper then investigates what scholars have said or not said about Kierkegaards role models of faith. The paper ends with the conclusion that Mary is just as much a knight of faith as Abraham if not more based on her lifelong choices demonstrating the paradox. It then opens the question that if Mary is a knight of faith, then what does this say about other women who possess and demonstrate such behaviors further challenging the reasons that scholars have excluded Mary.55'