Upbuilding or edification, is the central theme of Soren Kierkegaard's authorship: "only the truth that builds up is truth for you" (E02:354). Somewhere along the way, Soren Kierkegaard developed a plan to publish some upbuilding discourses to 'accompany" his pseudonymous works. These "Eighteen Upbuilding Discourses" are the focus of the edifying commentaries in this volume.