Christian Discourses (Danish: Christelige Taler) is one of the first books in Søren Kierkegaard's second period of authorship and was published on April 26, 1848. The work consists of four parts: * Part One - The Cares of the Pagans * (1) The Care of Poverty. * (2) The Care of Abundance. * (3) The Care of Lowliness. * (4) The Care of Loftiness. * (5) The Care of Presumptiousness. * (6) The Care of Self-Torment. * (7) The Care of Indecesiveness, Vacillation, and Disconsolateness. * Part Two - States of Mind in the Strife of Suffering * (1) The Joy of it: That One Suffers Only Once But Is Victorious Eternally. * (2) The Joy of it: That Hardship Does Not Take Away But Procures Hope. * (3) The Joy of it: That the Poorer You Become the Richer You Are Able to Make Others. * (4) Th