TY - BOOK ID - 25775411 TI - Christian discourses : the crisis and a crisis in the life of an actress AU - Kierkegaard, Søren AU - Hong, Howard Vincent AU - Hong, Edna Hatlestad AU - Princeton University Press PY - 2009 SN - 0691016496 0691140782 9780691016498 9780691140780 PB - Princeton Woodstock Princeton University Press DB - UniCat KW - Christian spirituality KW - Philosophy KW - Christian life KW - -Theater KW - Dramatics KW - Histrionics KW - Professional theater KW - Stage KW - Theatre KW - Christians KW - Discipleship KW - Religious life KW - Lutheran authors KW - Christianity KW - Heiberg, Johanne Luise KW - Theater KW - Performing arts KW - Acting KW - Actors KW - Heiberg, Johanne Luise, KW - Heiberg, Johanne Luise Pätges, KW - Christelijke ethiek. KW - Existentie. KW - Kristet liv. KW - Theater. KW - Lutheran authors. KW - Heiberg, Johanne Luise. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25775411 AB - 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. ER -