%0 Journal Article
%T Mitigated Freedom? Thomas Pr£¿pper¡¯s Reappraisal as Theological Tribute to Autonomy
%A Mathias Wirth
%J Theology Today
%@ 2044-2556
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0040573618810363
%X Thomas Pr£¿pper¡¯s (1941¨C2015) systematic theology, that was deemed particularly innovative especially in the German-speaking Catholic realm but thus far has garnered hardly any international attention, poses the question of whether a reflection of the is and ought of freedom yields any returns for the question of God and moreover for ethics.1 A theological way of thinking should be established that helps with understanding faith whilst also offering philosophical justification.2 For eminently theological reasons, Pr£¿pper pursues a theology of freedom because God¡¯s self-revelation as love can be adequately inferred through concepts of freedom.3 Pr£¿pper¡¯s theological approach of a question of the contemporary philosophy of subject and freedom also involves the inclusion of authority-critical thought.4 According to Pr£¿pper¡¯s own information, Hermann Krings¡¯s freedom thinking in particular alongside his transcendental philosophy,5 tracing back to Immanuel Kant and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, is applicable to Pr£¿pper¡¯s own approach.6 Consequently, for Pr£¿pper a theological argument can be given only from man (ex parte hominis). For such an argument to be convincing, it must fulfil satisfy two criteria: it must be able to exist in the application of one¡¯s own reason (¡°im Gebrauch der eigenen Vernunft¡±) and in the execution of freedom (¡°im Vollzug der Freiheit¡±).
%K ethics
%K freedom
%K God
%K modernity
%K Thomas Proepper
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0040573618810363