Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion (Hardcover): Discourses at the Communion on Fridays (Hardcover)

Søren Kierkegaard; Scholar in Residence Sylvia Walsh; Sylvia Walsh
Indiana University Press
 9780253356734
0-253-35673-3

Sren Kierkegaard's 13 communion discourses constitute a distinct genre among the various forms of religious writing composed by Kierkegaard. Originally published at different times and places, Kierkegaard.

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himself believed that these discourses served as a unifying element in his work and were crucial for understanding his religious thought and philosophy as a whole. Written in an intensely personal liturgical context, the communion discourses prepare the reader for participation in this rite by emphasizing the appropriate posture for forgiveness of sins and confession.