Bibliograph

Christian Discourses, the Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress

Type

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Christian Discourses, the Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Christian Discourses

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Kierkegaard's Writings, v. 17

Sub title

the Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress

Summary

First published in 1848, Christian Discourses is a quartet of pieces written and arranged in contrasting styles. Parts One and Three, "The Cares of the Pagans" and "Thoughts That Wound from Behind-for Upbuilding," serve as a polemical overture to Kierkegaard's collision with the established order of Christendom. Yet Parts Two and Four, "Joyful Notes in the Strife of Suffering" and "Discourses at the Communion on Fridays," are reassuring affirmations of the joy and blessedness of 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

Target audience

adult

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