Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Historical Introduction xi
4. Part One. The Cares of the Pagans
5. The Gospel for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity 1
6. Introduction 9
7. I. The Care of Poverty 13
8. II. The Care of Abundance 23
9. III. The Care of Lowliness 37
10. IV. The Care of Loftiness 48
11. V. The Care of Presumptuousness 60
12. VI. The Care of Self-Torment 70
13. VII. The Care of Indecisiveness, Vacillation, and Disconsolateness 81
14. Part Two. States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering
15. I. The Joy of It: That One Suffers Only Once But Is Victorious Eternally 93
16. II. The Joy of It: That Hardship Does Not Take Away But Procures Hope 106
17. III. The Joy of It: That the Poorer You Become the Richer You Are Able to Make Others 114
18. IV. The Joy of It: That the Weaker You Become the Stronger God Becomes in You 124
19. V. The Joy of It: That What You Lose Temporally You Gain Eternally 134
20. VI. The Joy of It: That When I "Gain Everything" I Lose Nothing at All 144
21. VII. The Joy of It: That Adversity Is Prosperity 150
22. Part Three Thoughts That Wound from Behind-for Upbuilding
23. I. Watch Your Step When You Go to the House of the Lord 161
24. II. "See, We Have Left Everything and Followed You; What Shall We Have?" (Matthew 19:27)-and What Shall We Have? 176
25. III. All Things Must Serve Us for Good-When We Love God 188
26. IV. There Will Be the Resurrection of the Dead, of the Righteous-and of the Unrighteous 202
27. V. We Are Closer to Salvation Now-Than When We Became Believers 214
28. VI. But It Is Blessed-to Suffer Mockery for a Good Cause 222
29. VII. He Was Believed in the World 234
30. Part Four. Discourses at the Communion on Fridays
31. Preface 249
32. I. Luke 22:15 251
33. II. Matthew 11:28 262
34. III. John 10:27 268
35. IV. I Corinthians 11:23 275
36. V. II Timothy 2:12-13 282
37. VI. I John 3:20 289
38. VII. Luke 24:51 296
39. The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress 301
40. Addendum 327
41. Supplement
42. Key to References 345
43. Original Tide Page And Section Pages Of Christian Discourses 348
44. Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Christian Discourses 359
45. Original First Page of The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress 408
46. Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress and Addendum 411
47. Editorial Appendix
48. Acknowledgments 429
49. Collation of Christian Discourses in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works 433
50. Collation of The Crisis and a Crisis in the Life of an Actress in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works 437
51. Notes 439
52. Bibliographical Note 467
53. Index 469
54. Advisory Board 491