SKC Workshop Spring 2023

22 Sessions:

  1. Monday, February 6: Introduction

Two Upbuilding Discourses (1843)

  1. Monday, February 13: "The Expectancy of Faith" (EUD: 7-29 / SKS 5: 17-37)
  2. Monday, February 20: "Every Good and Every Perfect Gift is from Above" (EUD: 31-48 / SKS 5: 41-56)

Three Upbuilding Discourses (1843)

  1. Monday, February 27: "Love Will Hide a Multitude of Sins" (EUD: 53-68 / SKS 5: 63-77)
  2. Monday, March 6: "Love Will Hide a Multitude of Sins" (EUD: 69-78 / SKS 5: 78-86)
  3. Monday, March 13: "Strengthening in the Inner Being" (EUD: 79-101 / SKS 5: 87-106)

Four Upbuilding Discourses (1843)

  1. Monday, March 20: "The Lord Gave, and the Lord Took Away" (EUD: 109-124 / SKS 5: 113-128)
  2. Monday, March 27: "Every Good and Every Perfect Gift Is from Above" (EUD: 125-139 / SKS 5: 129-142)
  3. Monday, April 3: "Every Good and Every Perfect Gift Is from Above" (EUD: 141-158 / SKS 5: 143-158)
  4. Monday, April 10: "To Gain One’s Soul in Patience" (EUD: 159-175 / SKS 5: 159-174)

Two Upbuilding Discourses (1844)

  1. Monday, April 17: "To Preserve One’s Soul in Patience" (EUD: 181-203 / SKS 5: 183-205)
  2. Monday, April 24: "Patience in Expectancy" (EUD: 205-226 / SKS 5: 206-224)

Three Upbuilding Discourses (1844)

  1. Monday, May 1: "Think about Your Creator in the Days of Your Youth" (EUD: 231-251 / SKS 5: 231-249)
  2. Monday, May 8: "The Expectancy of an Eternal Salvation" (EUD: 253-273 / SKS 5: 250-268)
  3. Monday, May 15: "He Must Increase; I Must Decrease" (EUD: 275-289 / SKS 5: 269-282)

Four Upbuilding Discourses (1844)

  1. Monday, May 22: "To Need God Is a Human Being's Highest Perfection" (EUD: 295-326 / SKS 5: 289-316)
  2. Monday, May 29: "The Thorn in the Flesh" (EUD: 327-346 / SKS 5: 317-334)
  3. Monday, June 5: "Against Cowardliness" (EUD: 347-375 / SKS 5: 335-360)
  4. Monday June 12: "One Who Prays Aright Struggles in Prayer and Is Victorious" (EUD: 377-401 / SKS 5: 361-381)

Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions (1845)

  1. Monday June 19: "On the Occasion of a Confession" (TDIO: 4-40 / SKS 5: 389-418)
  2. Monday, June 26: "On the Occasion of a Wedding" (TDIO: 43-68 / SKS 5: 419-441)
  3. Monday, July 3: "At a Graveside" (TDIO: 71-102 / SKS 5: 442-469)

Date and Time: Mondays: 14.00-16:00

Location: Online via Zoom: https://ucph-ku.zoom.us/j/2188071867 

Language: English

Text:

  • Søren Kierkegaard, Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses, trans. H.V. Hong and E.H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1990.
  • Søren Kierkegaard, Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions, trans. H.V. Hong and E.H. Hong. Princeton: Princeton University Press 1993.
  • Søren Kierkegaard, Opbyggelige Taler 1843, Opbyggelige Taler 1843, Tre Taler ved tænkte Leiligheder . Søren Kierkegaards Skrifter, Bind 5. København: GAD 1998.

Participants and Registration:  Open for students and researchers (max. 30 persons). For registration, please send a mail to René Rosfort: rer@teol.ku.dk. Registration closes on January 31, 2023