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The Tragedy of Human Freedom

By Brinkman, Martien E

The Tragedy of Human Freedom Philosophy

The Tragedy of Human Freedom

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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 received in the course of history. Freedom is, for the most part, understood as 'freedom from' or 'freedom to' but only rarely as 'freedom for'. However, it is precisely this latter understanding that is closest to the Christian understanding of freedom, which Brinkman defines as 'internal attachment'. In his view Christian freedom is at bottom characterized by that to which one commits oneself in trust. He sees primarily the Christian theology of baptism, with its accent on 'dying' and 'rising' with Christ as the model for the way in which one acquires freedom.
Brinkman illustrates this in this study by means of a great number of biblical images and images borrowed from the historical debates between Augustine and Pelagius and Luther and Erasmus.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
190
Release Date:
2003-01-01
Publication Date:
2003-01-01
Publisher:
Brill
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
904201105X
ISBN13:
9789042011052
Weight:
336 g
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