[July 2006 journal entry]
Is there a concept of human freedom in Job? in Ecclesiastes? The ‘religious’ T/O paradigm interpretations of human freedom have developed in light of assumptions re divine sovereignty (e.g., Luther’s ‘two kingdom’ model or the medieval view of human freedom as recovering what one was intended by the design of creation to be). Is the idea of human freedom as autonomy in Job? in Ecclesiastes? in other Jewish or Christian scripture texts? in the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm? in Jewish theology? in Christian theology? Autonomy as the essence of human freedom is a distinctive characteristic of a ‘non-religious’ approach to spirituality and ethics (e.g., a more adult nuance rather than an infant nuance re being a ‘child of God’, responsibility for one’s self and others, liberty to make choices, . . .). From within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm, any suggestion or affirmation of autonomy is considered pride and condemned (a charge the three close friends attempt to force on the ‘scrapheap’ Job).
Is there a concept of human freedom in Job? in Ecclesiastes? The ‘religious’ T/O paradigm interpretations of human freedom have developed in light of assumptions re divine sovereignty (e.g., Luther’s ‘two kingdom’ model or the medieval view of human freedom as recovering what one was intended by the design of creation to be). Is the idea of human freedom as autonomy in Job? in Ecclesiastes? in other Jewish or Christian scripture texts? in the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm? in Jewish theology? in Christian theology? Autonomy as the essence of human freedom is a distinctive characteristic of a ‘non-religious’ approach to spirituality and ethics (e.g., a more adult nuance rather than an infant nuance re being a ‘child of God’, responsibility for one’s self and others, liberty to make choices, . . .). From within the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm, any suggestion or affirmation of autonomy is considered pride and condemned (a charge the three close friends attempt to force on the ‘scrapheap’ Job).
