Presents the rediscovered spiritual writings of Soren Kierkegaard, edited and translated by Oxford theologian George Pattison. Kierkegaard left an indelible imprint on existential writers from Sartre and Camus to Kafka and Derrida. In works like Fear and Trembling," Sickness unto Death," and Either/Or," he by famously articulated that all meaning is rooted in subjective experience but the devotional essays that Patterson reveals in Spiritual Writings will forever change our understanding of the great philosopher, uncovering the spiritual foundations beneath his secularist philosophy.

"A new translation and selection by George Pattison"--Cover.

Pt. I. The gift : "Every good and every perfect gift is from above" (1. Understanding the gift -- 2. Evil and the gift -- 3. Giving and receiving -- 4. "The Lord gave, the Lord took away, blessed be the name of the Lord") -- pt. II. Creation : what we learn from the lilies and the birds (5. Be satisfied with being human -- 6. The glory of being human -- 7. The blessedness promised to being human -- 8. The anxieties we invent ourselves -- 9. The anxiety caused by being in two minds -- 10. Silence, obedience, and joy) -- pt. III. Love : at the feet of the Savior (11. The look of love -- 12. Love and sin -- 13. Learn from a woman -- 14. A parable of love -- 15. Luke 7:47 -- 16. I Peter 4:8).