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    Quests for Freedom: Biblical - Historical - Contemporary
    Quests for Freedom: Biblical - Historical - Contemporary
    Quests for Freedom: Biblical - Historical - Contemporary
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    Quests for Freedom: Biblical - Historical - Contemporary

    By Michael Welker

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    Dieses Buch ist das Ergebnis einer intensiven mehrjährigen internationalen und interdisziplinären Zusammenarbeit. Das Buch erschließt vielperspektivisch die Themen: Freiheit und Sklaverei (Ron Soodalter, Manfred Oeming, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, Katharina von Kellenbach); Selbstbestimmung und Begriffe von Freiheit (Rüdiger Bittner, Peter Lampe, Cyril Hovorun, Risto Saarinen, Friederike Nüssel); Von Gott gegebene und geprägte Freiheit (Patrick Miller, Beverly Gaventa, Larry Hurtado, Hans-Joachim Eckstein); Freiheit als Ethos der Zugehörigkeit und Solidarität (Jan Gertz, Jürgen van Oorschot, Dirk Smit, Jindrich Halama); Freiheit, Menschenrechte und theologische Orientierungm (Carver Yu, Susan Abraham, Francis Schüssler Fiorenza, Michael Welker).
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVandenhoeck & Ruprecht
    Release dateJan 25, 2015
    ISBN9783788728328
    Quests for Freedom: Biblical - Historical - Contemporary

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