Martin Luther's significance for the modern history of freedom is a theme of Hermann Cohen's ethics and his shorter writings from the Reformation memorial year of 1917. For this reason it is worth asking what this neo-Kantian Jewish philosopher had to say about the bondage of the will, the main theme of 'De servo arbitrio'. Cohen's ethics gives the Kantian concept of autonomy a contemporary expression, and his late philosophy of religion continues the critique of Augustine's theology of predestination with its traces in Luther's response to Erasmus. Finally, Religion of Reason: Out of the Sources of Judaism develops a new interpretation of the reconciliation of sinful humanity to God that is near to the Lutheran concept of 'simul justus et peccator'.

Enthalten in:
Kerygma und Dogma; 2018/2 Zeitschrift für theologische Forschung und kirchliche Lehre (2018)

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Serie / Reihe: Kerygma und Dogma

Personen: Dober, Hans Martin

Schlagwörter: Luther Ethik Freier Wille Cohen, Hermann Religionsphilologie