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It remains important to note that Kirkegaard as a Christian ethisist (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 his seemingly paradoxical Christian Existentialism but also of his time period and political events occurring in his native Denmark.


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  • Part One - Topics include: ''Love's Hidden Life and Its Recognisability by its Fruits'', ''You shall love'', ''You shall love your Neighbour'', ''Love is the Fullfilling 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 Abides'', ''Mercigulness, 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''