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Klappentext This notable book! written by a Roman Catholic theologian! provides a comprehensive and useful guide to the 'new wave' of German Barth interpretation. Zusammenfassung The problem of human freedom before God echoes through the conflicts of western theology. Karl Barth faced not only the question of autonomy but also the theological answers that liberals had attempted to provide to it. This notable book! written by a Roman Catholic theologian! provides a comprehensive and useful guide to the 'new wave' of German Barth interpretation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. The history of the term 'autonomy'; 2. Kant and the term 'autonomy'; 3. Fichte: the Ich as first principle of philosophy; 4. Autonomy opposed to theism?; Part I. Autonomy in the Church Dogmatics: 5. The background: Barth's reaction against Liberal theology; 6. Autonomy, theonomy and heteronomy in the Prolegomena; 7. Autonomy in the doctrine of Election; 8. The doctrine of Creation: against rival concepts of autonomy; 9. The doctrine of Reconciliation: correspondence and distinction between God and man; 10. Nature as distinct from grace: the Lights of the World; 11. Autonomy and Baptism: the ethical subject distinct from God; Part II. The Autonomy Theme in Barth Criticism Since 1950: 12. Barth criticism before 1968: a negative balance - Wolfhart Pannenberg; 13. Barth's positive relationship to modern autonomy: Barth criticism since 1968; 14. Autonomy and Idealism in Barth; 15. Autonomy and ontology: Eberhard Jüngel; Part III. Conclusions: 16. Critical questions; 17. Autonomy in the Church Dogmatics; List of abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Author index; Subject index.
