The Idea of God and Human Freedom

by Wolfhart Pannenberg

"Christianity and Myth" starts off this particularly valuable collection of essays by Wolfhart Pannenberg, world-renowned theologian. It was written for a working group studying the question of poetry and hermeneutics and, as the only theologian in the group, Professor Pannenberg provided a substantial exegetical foundation for the discussion. Five other studies continue the author's efforts to identify an anthropological basis for discussion of the question of God. These * Anthropology and the Question of God; * Speaking About God in the Face of Atheist Criticism; * Christian Theology and Philosophical Criticism; * The Significance of Christianity in the Philosophy of Hegel; * Christianity as the Legitimacy of the Modern Age. A final essay deals with "Eschatology and the Experience of Meaning."

213 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Wolfhart Pannenberg, born in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland), was a German Christian theologian. His emphasis on history as revelation, centred on the Resurrection of Christ, has proved important in stimulating debate in both Protestant and Catholic theology, as well as with non-Christian thinkers.