Kierkegaard's Writings, XVII, Volume 17

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