Edifying discourses
| Title | Edifying discourses
a selection Upbuilding discourses |
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| Author | Søren Kierkegaard; ed. w. an introd. by Paul L. Holmer; transl. by David F. and Lillian Marvin Swenson |
| Publication | Collins |
| Size | 253p |
| Language |  ENG |
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| Topics |
Danish essays--Translated into English Christianity--Philosophy and theory |
| Notes | An upbuilding discourse or edifying discourse isn't the same as a sermon because a sermon is preached to a congregation while a discourse can be carried on between several people or even with oneself. The discourse or conversation should be "upbuilding", which means one would build up the other person, or oneself, rather than tear down in order to build up. Kierkegaard said: "Although this little book (which is called "discourses," not sermons, because its author does not have authority to preach, "upbuilding discourses," not discourses for upbuilding, because the speaker by no means claims to be a teacher) wishes to be only what it is, a superfluity, and desires only to remain in hiding". [wikipedia] |
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