"This new text will likely have a long life, in part because of the issues Evans raises, but also because of the sensitivity and care with which he treats those issues ... There is much in this book that is praiseworthy and deserves our thanks." - Christian Century " ... surely the best commentary on Fragments to date." - Soren Kierkegaard Newsletter "This brief, careful, lucid, and illuminating study of the Fragments gives close attention to its literary form and irony as well as to its argument ... "- Choice

• Preface 1. On Reading Kieregaard and Johannes Climacus 2. An Ironical Thought Experiment 3. Constructing an Alternative to the Socratic View of The Truth 4. The Poetry of the Incarnation 5. Thought, Passion, and Paradox 6. The Echo of Offense 7. Reason and the Paradox 8. Belief and the Will 9. Faith and History 10. Christianity in the Contemporary World Notes Index

"This new text will likely have a long life, in part because of the issues Evans raises, but also because of the sensitivity and care with which he treats those issues ... There is much in this book that is praiseworthy and deserves our thanks." - Christian Century " ... surely the best commentary on Fragments to date." - Soren Kierkegaard Newsletter "This brief, careful, lucid, and illuminating study of the Fragments gives close attention to its literary form and irony as well as to its argument ... "- Choice

• Preface 1. On Reading Kieregaard and Johannes Climacus 2. An Ironical Thought Experiment 3. Constructing an Alternative to the Socratic View of The Truth 4. The Poetry of the Incarnation 5. Thought, Passion, and Paradox 6. The Echo of Offense 7. Reason and the Paradox 8. Belief and the Will 9. Faith and History 10. Christianity in the Contemporary World Notes Index