This volume, which follows hard on the heels of publication of the final volume of the 26-volume set of Kierkegaard's writings , allows its readers 'to find their way quickly to relevant sources of help,' elucidates Kierkegaard's 'central concepts,' and demonstrates the contemporary relevance of his ideas.

Kierkegaard the Christian thinker is introduced, beginning with his cultural background, his basic assumptions about the structure of the Christian universe, and the development of his vocation as religious writer. The author shows why he is different from others in his treatment of Christianity, then follows his presentations of Christian ideality and the tension and opposition in his authorship between Christianity as godly enjoyment of the world and Christianity as renunciation and total self-denial. Distributed in the US by Books International. (...) Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. (shrink)

God and supernature -- Communication of the divine-communication with the divine -- About miracles -- The Darwinian red herring.

Early Polemical Writings covers the young Kierkegaard's works from 1834 through 1838. His authorship begins, as it was destined to end, with polemic. Kierkegaard's first published article touches on the theme of women's emancipation, and the other articles from his student years deal with freedom of the press. Modern readers can see the seeds of Kierkegaard's future career these early pieces. In "From the Papers of One Still Living," his review of Hans Christian Andersen's novel Only a Fiddler, Kierkegaard rejects (...) the notion that environment is decisive in determining the fate of genius. He also puts forward his belief that each person needs a life-view or life for which and by which to live, a thought he explores further in the comic play The Battle between the Old and the New Soap-Cellars. (shrink)

The A to Z of Kierkegaard's Philosophy provides a contextual introduction to Kierkegaard's 19th century world of Copenhagen, a chronology of events and key figures in his life, as well as definitions of the key systems of his thought-theology, existentialism, literature, and psychology. The extensive bibliographical section covers secondary literature and electronic materials of help to researchers. The appendix includes detailed information on his writings, along with a list of his pseudonyms.

The Seducer's Diary. By Søren Kierkegaard, edited and translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997) xv + 214 pp. $12.95, £9.95 paper. Christian Discourses: The Crisis and A Crisis in the Life of an Actress. By Søren Kierkegaard, edited and translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna Hong (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997) xvii + 489 pp. $55.00, £39.50 cloth. Without Authority. By Søren Kierkegaard, edited and translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna Hong (...) (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1997) xix + 317 pp. $42.50, £35.00 cloth. (shrink)