The Tragedy of Human Freedom : : The Failure and Promise of the Christian Concept of Freedom in Western Culture / / Martien E. Brinkman.
Human freedom has been the source of both the high points of humanity as well as of its low points, thus giving rise to the impression that it is a somewhat ambivalent concept. According to Martien Brinkman, the major factor in this ambivalence is the rather narrow meaning that the concept has recei...
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| Superior document: | Currents of Encounter ; 20 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2003. |
| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Currents of Encounter ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface. Introduction. Chapter 1 Humankind as the Counterpart of God. Chapter 2 Human Responsibility and its Limits. Chapter 3 The Reborn Person. Chapter 4 Human Beings amid the Powers. Chapter 5 A Free Will? Chapter 6 The Basis of our Freedom. Chapter 7 Freedom as Realization of the New, Reborn Self. Select Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.