{"product_id":"upbuilding-discourses-in-various-spirits-9780691140773","title":"Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers a discussion of double-mindedness and ethical integrity. This work shows an inverted qualitative difference between the learner and the teacher. It explores how joy can come out of suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"These new translations are excellent.\"--Choice \"The decision by Princeton University Press to publish a first paperback edition of the previously difficult to obtain 1993 hardback, Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, provides a timely and especially welcome opportunity to review one of Soren Kierkegaard's (1813-55) most pastorally sensitive and lyrically evocative works.\"--Simon D. Podmore, European Legacy \"The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes.\"--Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Historical Introduction, pg. ix*Preface, pg. 3*On The Occasion Of A Confession, pg. 7*Preface, pg. 157*I. [To Be Contented with Being a Human Being], pg. 159*II. [How Glorious It Is to Be a Human Being], pg. 183*III. [What Blessed Happiness Is Promised in Being a Human Being], pg. 201*Preface, pg. 215*I. [What Meaning and What Joy There Are in the Thought of Following Christ], pg. 217*II. [But How Can the Burden Be Light If the Suffering Is Heavy?], pg. 230*III. [The Joy of It That the School of Sufferings Educates for Eternity], pg. 248*IV. [The Joy of It That in Relation to God a Person Always Suffers as Guilty], pg. 264*V. [The Joy of It That It Is Not the Road That Is Hard but That Hardship Is the Road], pg. 289*VI. [The Joy of It That the Happiness of Eternity Still Outweighs Even the Heaviest Temporal Suffering], pg. 306*VII. [The Joy of It That Bold Confidence Is Able in Suffering to Take Power from the World and Has the Power to Change Scorn into Honor, Downfall into Victory], pg. 321*Key to References, pg. 343*Original Common Title Page and Part Title Pages, pg. 346*Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, pg. 354*Acknowledgments, pg. 397*Collation of Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works, pg. 401*Notes, pg. 405*Bibliographical Note, pg. 423*Index, pg. 425*Advisory Board, pg. 443","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865522024791,"sku":"9780691140773","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691140773.jpg?v=1722274370","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/upbuilding-discourses-in-various-spirits-9780691140773","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}