Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Historical Introduction ix
4. Part One. An Occasional Discourse
5. Preface 3
6. On The Occasion Of A Confession 7
7. Part Two. What We Learn from The Lilies in The Field and from The Birds of The Air
8. Preface 157
9. I. [To Be Contented with Being a Human Being] 159
10. II. [How Glorious It Is to Be a Human Being] 183
11. III. [What Blessed Happiness Is Promised in Being a Human Being] 201
12. Part Three. The Gospel of Sufferings Christian Discourses
13. Preface 215
14. I. [What Meaning and What Joy There Are in the Thought of Following Christ] 217
15. II. [But How Can the Burden Be Light If the Suffering Is Heavy?] 230
16. III. [The Joy of It That the School of Sufferings Educates for Eternity] 248
17. IV. [The Joy of It That in Relation to God a Person Always Suffers as Guilty] 264
18. V. [The Joy of It That It Is Not the Road That Is Hard but That Hardship Is the Road] 289
19. VI. [The Joy of It That the Happiness of Eternity Still Outweighs Even the Heaviest Temporal Suffering] 306
20. 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] 321
21. Supplement
22. Key to References 343
23. Original Common Title Page and Part Title Pages 346
24. Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits 354
25. Editorial Appendix
26. Acknowledgments 397
27. Collation of Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works 401
28. Notes 405
29. Bibliographical Note 423
30. Index 425
31. Advisory Board 443