English summary: A strong individuality is the answer to the question about the meaning and purpose of one's own life. In a democratic constitutional state it will be protected and fostered. Many people take this for granted - and this is exactly why it is endangered. Whoever is asking about the threats to individuality, its driving forces, possibilities and limits, its promises and temptations, will find Protestant roots and influences. The power of Protestantism is based not least on the passionate endeavor to live one's ...
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English summary: A strong individuality is the answer to the question about the meaning and purpose of one's own life. In a democratic constitutional state it will be protected and fostered. Many people take this for granted - and this is exactly why it is endangered. Whoever is asking about the threats to individuality, its driving forces, possibilities and limits, its promises and temptations, will find Protestant roots and influences. The power of Protestantism is based not least on the passionate endeavor to live one's life - in the presence of God - in good relationships with others, even if this implies conflicts with the ecclesial order. German description: Pragnante Individualitat ist die Antwort auf die Frage nach dem Sinn und Ziel des eigenen Lebens. Im demokratischen Verfassungsstaat wird sie geschutzt und gefordert. Sie ist fur viele selbstverstandlich - und gerade deshalb gefahrdet. Wer nach den Gefahrdungen der Individualitat fragt, nach ihren Triebkraften, Moglichkeiten und Grenzen, ihren Verheiaungen und Versuchungen, der wird auf ihre protestantischen Wurzeln und Pragungen stoaen. Denn die Kraft des Protestantismus speist sich nicht zuletzt aus dem leidenschaftlichen Bemuhen, das eigene Leben in der Beziehung zu anderem Leben - im Angesicht Gottes - gelingen zu lassen, und zwar selbst dann, wenn dies in die Auseinandersetzung mit der kirchlichen Ordnung fuhrt. Mit Beitragen von Alf Christophersen, Jorg Dierken, Eberhard Harbsmeier, Martin Laube, Gert Pickel, Jan Rohls, Wolfgang Ruf, Marianne Schroter und Christian Senkel.
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Add this copy of Reformation Heute: Band III: Protestantische to cart. $119.47, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2018 by Evangelische Verlagsanstalt.
