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The leitmotif of Freedom in Response, as the title suggests, is a reasoned exposition of the nature of freedom, as it is presented in the Bible and developed by such later theologians as Martin Luther. Oswald Bayer considers Luther's teachings on pastoral care, marriage, and the three estates, bringing in Kant and Hegel as conversation partners, together with Kant's friend and critic, the innovative theologian and philosopher Johann Georg Hamann.
Oswald Bayer is a major contemporary Lutheran theologian, but so far little of his work has been translated from German into English. This selection of essays indicates the depth and range of his thought on issues relating to theological ethics.
Contents
Introduction ; 1. Categorical imperative or categorical gift? ; 2. The Heavenly Father: the dynamic of language in the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount ; 3. The renewal of the mind: foundations for Christian ethics in Paul ; 4. Human life in the midst of life that loves living ; 5. 'I am the Lord your God ...' ; 6. Theological ethics: ethics of freedom ; 7. Nature and institution: Luther's doctrine of the three estates ; 8. Luther's ethics as pastoral care ; 9. Law and freedom: a metacritique of Kant ; 10. The Protestant understanding of marriage and family ; 11. Luther's view of marriage ; 12. Freedom and law in marriage ; 13. Trustees of nature: natural law and the social contract in the controversy between Hamann and Mendelssohn ; 14. Learning and freedom ; 15. Power, law, and justice ; 16. Does evil persist?
