Works of Love
ISBN 0691037922 | | |
| Preceded by | Edifying Discourses in Diverse Spirits | |
|---|---|---|
| Followed by | Christian Discourses | |
Works of Love (
phileo) given to friends and family. Kierkegaard uses this value/virtue to understand the existence and relationship of the individual Christian. Having helped found Existentialism, he uses it and a high level of theology citing the scriptures of the Christian Bible
.
Many chapters take a mention of love from the
Christ
are characterized here as tangible models for behavior.
Kierkegaard as a Christian ethicist (represented by this work) is likely to be considered distinct from many ways in which the religion's mainstream seems to function from the viewpoint of an outside observer. This is not only a function of Christian existentialism but also of his time period and political events occurring in his native Denmark.
Themes
- Part One — Topics include: Love's Hidden Life and Its Recognisability by its Fruits, You Shall Love, You Shall Love Your Neighbor, Love is the Fulfilling Of the Law, Love is a Matter of Conscience, Our Duty to Love Those We See, and Our Duty to be in the Debt of Love to Each Other
- Part Two — Topics include: Love Builds Up, Love Believes All Things and Yet is Never Deceived, Love Hopes All Things and Yet is Never Put to Shame, Love Seeks Not its Own, Love Hides the Multiplicity of Sins, Love Abides, Mercifulness, a Work of Love, Even If It Can Give Nothing and Is Capable of Doing Nothing, The Victory of Reconciliation in Love Which Wins the Vanquished, The Work of Love
in Remembering One Dead and The Work of Love in Praising Love
Style
The Works as Kierkegaard himself states are Christian reflections and not discourses. It is written in a rhetorical style where he often repeats his words and gives numerous examples.
External links
Quotations related to Works of Love (Kierkegaard) at Wikiquote- Works of Love, Swenson translation, 1972 edition
- Works of Love, Howard Hong's 1962 translation Google Books
- Works of Love, George Pattison's 2009 translation
- Works of Love, Princeton University Press, 2013 Hong translation'
- M. Jamie Ferreira, Love's Grateful Striving : A Commentary on Kierkegaard's Works of Love 2001
- Storm's commentary on Works of Love
