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86 | www.limina-graz.eu Gunda Werner | Freiheit und Sünde | BIOGRAPHY Gunda Werner, 1992–1998 Studium der Theologie und Philosophie in Münster, 1995–2009 Arbeit in verschiedenen Bereichen der Pastoral, Bil- dungsarbeit, Seelsorge, Pflege und Veranstaltungsmanagement, 2005 Pro- motion zum Dr. theol; 2012–2015 Assistentin am Lehrstuhl für Dogmatik und Dogmengeschichte an der Ruhr-Uni Bochum, 2015 Habilitation mit einer dogmenhistorischen Arbeit zum Bußsakrament; 2015 und 2017 Lehr- stuhlvertretungen in Bonn und Bochum, 2016 Ruf auf die Juniorprofessur für Dogmatik in Tübingen; 2018 Professorin für Dogmatik in Graz; Diplom in der Themenzentrierten Interaktion nach Ruth Cohn; Visiting Fellow in den USA und Trinidad. E-Mail: gunda.werner@uni-graz.at | KEY WORDS Freiheit; Gewissensfreiheit; Immanuel Kant; Martin Luther; Paulus; Sün- de; II. Vatikanum the original sin of Adam is passed on. Yet, this idea is a defining aspect of the Christian religion and still a binding concept in Catholicism. This article aims to investigate the subject of freedom and its narrow interpretation in the theo- logical mainstream through a critical theological-historical rereading. Freedom is closely entwined with free will and thus with the idea of a hereditary origi- nal sin. A theological-historical critique reveals not only a magisterially proven translation mistake in the doctrine of original sin and the theological protest against the logical aporia. It also uncovers corrective changes in tradition – al- ready during the early modern period – to somewhat balance the constraints imposed by the notion of the original sin and its consequences on the concept of freedom. The Age of Enlightenment, of course, went even further and Immanuel Kant draws the line between a theory of sin based on individual freedom and hereditary sin. What is it about freedom? What makes the critical voices chal- lenging the theological mainstream so relevant?