Abstract
Evans has written a different sort of book on Kierkegaard. It is, first of all, one that is intended for, in his words, the "ordinary reader." This undoubtedly does not mean that Evans is not interested in Kierkegaard's philosophical/theological readers; I suspect that he is. It is just that he has not aimed his book at this audience. This book should also be distinguished from most other books on Kierkegaard's thought since it is exclusively on the religious philosophy of Johannes Climacus, Kierkegaard's pseudonym for two major works in his first literature.