John Locke suggested that the identity of a human person is constituted by his or her self-consciousness. He understands this identity as the basis for a concept of ethical responsibility. The article discusses if his concept of a diachron-synchron identity can be supplemented by a theological concept of identity. It uses the doctrine of justification for this, as justification means that a human being is not identical with his or her deads. Then it unfolds this doctrine in conversation with Sören Kierkegaard's understanding of identity and non-identity in "Sickness unto Death".

Enthalten in:
Kerygma und Dogma; 2015/1 Zeitschrift für theologische Forschung und kirchliche Lehre (2015)

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Serie / Reihe: Kerygma und Dogma

Personen: Tietz, Christiane

Schlagwörter: Glaube Person Identität Locke, John Selbst