...humanity." The eighteenth century, says the contemporary theologian, Karl Earth, gave birth to absolute man. "Man, who discovers his own power and ability, the...his human being as such, and looks upon it as the final, the real and absolute, I mean as something 'detached,' self-justifying, with its own authority...

...commit the sin of absolutizing the finite. In his survey of modern religious thought, Barth argues: "'Absolutism' in general can obviously mean a system...his human being as such, and looks upon it as the final, the real and absolute, I mean as something 'detached,' selfjustifying, with its own authority...

...best seen as a whole (p. 54). The concept aptly conveys what Barth wanted to say about that whole. 'Absolutism' in general can obviously mean a system...humanity, that is, his human being as such, and looks at it as the final, the real and absolute, I mean as something 'detached', self-justifying, with its...