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Christian discourses : "The Crisis" and "A Crisis in the Life of an Actress" / Soren Kierkegaard; edited by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong; translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Jersey, USA : Princeton University Press, 1997.ISBN:
  • 0691016496
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 248.4
LOC classification:
  • BV4505.K3413 1997
Contents:
Pt. 1. The Cares of the Pagans. I. The Care of Poverty. II. The Care of Abundance. III. The Care of Lowliness. IV. The Care of Loftiness. V. The Care of Presumptuousness. VI. The Care of Self-Torment. VII. The Care of Indecisiveness, Vacillation, and Disconsolateness -- Pt. 2. States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering. I. The Joy of It: That One Suffers Only Once But Is Victorious Eternally. II. The Joy of It: That Hardship Does Not Take Away But Procures Hope. III. The Joy of It: That the Poorer You Become the Richer You Are Able to Make Others. IV. The Joy of It: That the Weaker You Become the Stronger God Becomes in You. V. The Joy of It: That What You Lose Temporally You Gain Eternally. VI. The Joy of It: That When I "Gain Everything" I Lose Nothing at All. VII. The Joy of It: That Adversity Is Prosperity -- Pt. 3. Thoughts That Wound from Behind - for Upbuilding. I. Watch Your Step When You Go to the House of the Lord. II. "See, We Have Left Everything and Followed You; What Shall We Have?" (Matthew 19:27) - and What Shall We Have? III. All Things Must Serve Us for Good - When We Love God. IV. There Will Be the Resurrection of the Dead, of the Righteous - and of the Unrighteous. V. We Are Closer to Salvation Now - Than When We Became Believers. VI. But It Is Blessed - to Suffer Mockery for a Good Cause. VII. He Was Believed in the World -- Pt. 4. Discourses at the Communion on Fridays. I. Luke 22:15. II. Matthew 11:28. III. John 10:27. IV. I Corinthians 11:23. V. II Timothy 2:12-13. VI. I John 3:20. VII. Luke 24:51. The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress -- Addendum: Phister as Captain Scipio.
Summary: With Christian Discourse, Kierkegaard intended to conclude the signed "second authorship" following Concluding Unscientific Postscript as the end of the pseudonymous writings. Parts One and Three, "The Cares of the Pagans" and "Thoughts That Wound from Behind - for Upbuilding," contain a polemical element and constitute the overture to the collision with the established order of Christendom. The dominant theme of Parts Two and Four, "States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering" and "Discourses at the Communion on Fridays," is a reassuring affirmation of the joy and blessedness of the Christian life in a world of adversity and suffering. Written in ordinary language, the work combines simplicity and inwardness with reflection and presents crucial Christian concepts and presuppositions with unusual clarity. Among the discourses are some of Kierkegaard's masterpieces.
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Pt. 1. The Cares of the Pagans. I. The Care of Poverty. II. The Care of Abundance. III. The Care of Lowliness. IV. The Care of Loftiness. V. The Care of Presumptuousness. VI. The Care of Self-Torment. VII. The Care of Indecisiveness, Vacillation, and Disconsolateness -- Pt. 2. States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering. I. The Joy of It: That One Suffers Only Once But Is Victorious Eternally. II. The Joy of It: That Hardship Does Not Take Away But Procures Hope. III. The Joy of It: That the Poorer You Become the Richer You Are Able to Make Others. IV. The Joy of It: That the Weaker You Become the Stronger God Becomes in You. V. The Joy of It: That What You Lose Temporally You Gain Eternally. VI. The Joy of It: That When I "Gain Everything" I Lose Nothing at All. VII. The Joy of It: That Adversity Is Prosperity -- Pt. 3. Thoughts That Wound from Behind - for Upbuilding. I. Watch Your Step When You Go to the House of the Lord. II. "See, We Have Left Everything and Followed You; What Shall We Have?" (Matthew 19:27) - and What Shall We Have? III. All Things Must Serve Us for Good - When We Love God. IV. There Will Be the Resurrection of the Dead, of the Righteous - and of the Unrighteous. V. We Are Closer to Salvation Now - Than When We Became Believers. VI. But It Is Blessed - to Suffer Mockery for a Good Cause. VII. He Was Believed in the World -- Pt. 4. Discourses at the Communion on Fridays. I. Luke 22:15. II. Matthew 11:28. III. John 10:27. IV. I Corinthians 11:23. V. II Timothy 2:12-13. VI. I John 3:20. VII. Luke 24:51. The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress -- Addendum: Phister as Captain Scipio.

With Christian Discourse, Kierkegaard intended to conclude the signed "second authorship" following Concluding Unscientific Postscript as the end of the pseudonymous writings. Parts One and Three, "The Cares of the Pagans" and "Thoughts That Wound from Behind - for Upbuilding," contain a polemical element and constitute the overture to the collision with the established order of Christendom. The dominant theme of Parts Two and Four, "States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering" and "Discourses at the Communion on Fridays," is a reassuring affirmation of the joy and blessedness of the Christian life in a world of adversity and suffering. Written in ordinary language, the work combines simplicity and inwardness with reflection and presents crucial Christian concepts and presuppositions with unusual clarity. Among the discourses are some of Kierkegaard's masterpieces.

undergraduate postgraduate research/professional.

In English; translated from Danish.