This book comforts me because it was written by a person who lived through the upheavels in customs and morals which happened in my life time too. It is a time span when a lot happened, as I am 80. He has a firm grasp of the Bible, traditional Christian theology. He writes as a European, sometimes describing what was happening in America in the 60s. He is suprisingly liberal, probably influenced by his wife who was also an interesting theologin. These are short essays that give pause for thinking. The essays give me a sense of where I am in time. The northern German, sometimes ecclesiastical language is quite difficult for a person weak in German and more used to Swiss German.