Includes bibliographical references and index.

Freedom as a Contemporary Issue -- The Question of Freedom: An Historical Sketch -- Ancient Alternatives -- The Roman Transition -- Modern Experiments -- Freedom: A Post-Modern Possibility -- The Nature of Freedom: A Philosophical Perspective -- Sartre's Existentialism -- Sartre's Marxism -- A Whiteheadian Synthesis -- Elements of Freedom -- A Christian Theology for Freedom -- The Lure Toward Freedom: An Understanding of God -- The Problem of Freedom and God -- Aseity and Agape -- Freedom of God -- God and Human Freedom Reconsidered -- The Denial of Freedom: An Understanding of Sin -- The Situation of Sin: Anxiety -- The Forms of Sin: Pride -- The Forms of Sin: Sensuality -- The Strategy of Sin: Self–Deception -- The Objectification of Sin: Original Sin -- The Consequence of Sin: Death -- The Confirmation of Freedom: An Understanding of Christ -- Jesus as the Gospel of Freedom -- Jesus as the Gift of Freedom -- Jesus as the Power for Freedom -- The Future of Freedom: An Understanding of Salvation -- The Abandonment of Hope for history -- The Recovery of Hope for History -- The Hope for Freedom in History