Abstract
1968 was a momentous year not only in American politics but also in the international history of ideas, such as "freedom." As we have seen in the quincentennial year of 2017, Luther's theological understanding of freedom can be (mis-)appropriated by all manner of moderns. Oswald Bayer, our most frequent essayist, noticed in 1968 that Herbert Marcuse (and Karl Marx) were all the rage on this topic, and it stimulated him to appreciate Luther's quite different understanding of Christian freedom, as seen in this 1969 essay (and current preface), translated by Jeff Silcock, and also in his other essays and many books, including Promissio, due next year in Silcock's translation. jeff.silcock@bigpond.com; Bayer@unitybox.de; Kurhausstrasse 138, G-53773 Hennef, Germany.
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