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My struggle for freedom : memoirs
- Title
- My struggle for freedom : memoirs / Hans Küng ; translated by John Bowden.
- Author
- Küng, Hans, 1928-2021
- Publication
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | BX4705.K76 A3 2003b | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 478 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Hans Kung is undoubtedly one of the most important theologians of our time, but he has always been a controversial figure, and as the result of a much-publicized clash over papal infallability had his permission to teach revoked by the Vatican. Yet at seventy-five he is also something like a senior statesman, one of the 'Group of Eminent Persons' convened by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and a friend of heads of government like Tony Blair and President Mubarak of Egypt." "In this autobiography he gives a frank and outspoken account of the first four decades of his life. He tells of his youth in Switzerland and his decision to become a priest, his doubts and struggles as he studied in Rome and Paris, and his experiences as a professor in Tubingen, where he received a chair at the amazingly early age of thirty-one. Most importantly, as one of the last surviving eye witnesses he gives an authentic account of the struggles behind the scenes at the Second Vatican Council, in which he took part as a theological expert. Here it becomes clear just how major an influence he was, to the point of shaping the Council's agenda and drafting speeches for bishops to deliver in plenary sessions." "Kung's book offers an acute analysis, compelling its drama, of meetings with presidents like John F. Kennedy, popes like John XXIII and Paul VI, great theologians like Karl Barth and Karl Rahner, and journeys round the world. With its rich thought and vivid narrative, it paints a moving picture of Kung's personal convictions, and his struggle for a Christianity characterized not by the domination of an official church but by Jesus."--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- Erkämpfte Freiheit. English
- Alternative Title
- Erkämpfte Freiheit.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Sources.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- P.1 Roots of freedom -- P.2 Education for freedom? -- P.3 Breakthrough to freedom of conscience -- P.4 The freedom of a Christian -- P.5 The church sets out for freedom -- P.6 The struggle for the freedom of theology -- P.7 The struggle for the freedom of the council -- P.8 Power against freedom -- P.9 A relapse into the old lack of freedom?
- ISBN
- 0826470211
- 9780826470218
- LCCN
- 2004484215
- OCLC
- ocm55587211
- 55587211
- SCSB-1299758
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library