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Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans
Retrospect and Prospect
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2022
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Karl Barth’s commentary on Paul’s epistle to the Romans, in its two editions (1919 and 1922), is one of the most significant works published in Christian theology in the 20th century. This book, which landed “like a bombshell on the theologians’ playground,” still deserves close scrutiny one hundred years after its publication.
In this volume, New Testament scholars, philosophers of religion and systematic theologians ponder the intricacies of Barth’s “expressionistic” commentary, pointing out the ways in which Barth interprets Paul’s epistle for his own day, how this actualized interpretation of the apostle’s message challenged the theology of Barth’s time, and how some of the insights he articulated in 1919 and in 1922 have shaped Christian theology up to our day. With his commentary, the young Swiss pastor paved the way for a renewed, intensely theological interpretation of the Scriptures.
The volume thus centers of some of the key themes which run through Barth’s commentary: faith as divine gift beyond any human experience or psychological data, the Easter event as the turning point of the world’s history, God’s judgment and mercy and God’s one Word in Jesus Christ.
This volume represents a major contribution to the interpretation of Karl Barth’s early thought.
In this volume, New Testament scholars, philosophers of religion and systematic theologians ponder the intricacies of Barth’s “expressionistic” commentary, pointing out the ways in which Barth interprets Paul’s epistle for his own day, how this actualized interpretation of the apostle’s message challenged the theology of Barth’s time, and how some of the insights he articulated in 1919 and in 1922 have shaped Christian theology up to our day. With his commentary, the young Swiss pastor paved the way for a renewed, intensely theological interpretation of the Scriptures.
The volume thus centers of some of the key themes which run through Barth’s commentary: faith as divine gift beyond any human experience or psychological data, the Easter event as the turning point of the world’s history, God’s judgment and mercy and God’s one Word in Jesus Christ.
This volume represents a major contribution to the interpretation of Karl Barth’s early thought.
Author / Editor information
Christophe Chalamet, Andreas Dettwiler and Sarah Stewart-Kroeker, Université de Genève, Switzerland.
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Frontmatter
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Table of Contents
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Editors’ Introduction
1 - I Barth as Scriptural Theologian
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Reading Romans on the Brink: The Continuing Challenge of Barth’s Römerbrief
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“For I am Not Ashamed of the Gospel”: Commentary as Interpretation in the Römerbrief
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La Bible pour penser
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Abraham als Glaubensparadigma nach Karl Barth’s Römerbrief (Röm 4)
57 - II Hermeneutics and Metaphysics
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Barth sur l’être du monde devant Dieu. Ce que le Römerbrief permet de préciser dans la Dogmatik
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Le manifeste herméneutique de Karl Barth
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An Anti-Metaphysical Manifesto: Karl Barth’s Romans Commentary in its Second Edition
109 - III Historical Context
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Vom «Schweizerwinkel» auf das «hohe, bewegte Meer». Karl Barth zwischen Safenwil und Göttingen
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Karl Barth and the Quest for a New World
139 - IV Römerbrief, First edition (1919)
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God’s Moving Presence in History. Karl Barth’s Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans of 1919 and its Problem-Creating Solutions
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“More than Leninism” – Karl Barth’s Theological Socialism
179 - V Faith and Resurrection
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Das Wunder des Glaubens. Zu Röm 3,21–4,8
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Réflexions de philosophie pratique sur la «foi seule»
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Faith as Imperceptible Reality: Barth’s Understanding of Faith During the Römerbrief Period
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L’exercice de la liberté, la vie du Crucifié Ressuscité. Rm 6,9 entre la première et la deuxième édition du Römerbrief
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Faith, Love, and Extrinsic Grace in Barth’s Römerbrief
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Barth (1919–1922) and the Power of the Gospel (Romans 1:16–17)
275 - VI Ethics and Politics
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Karl Barth’s Commentary on Romans 8:18–25: An Ecological Reading
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Das Problem der Ethik in Karl Barths Römerbriefkommentar – im Vergleich mit Søren Kierkegaards Ethik der Liebe
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Ethics and the Catastrophe of Grace – Faith’s Obedience in the Ruins of Religion
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Reading Karl Barth’s Römerbrief 1919 for a Postcolonial Era of Theology
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Marcionism in Barth’s Theology? Clarifications and Developments
367 - VII Religion, Liturgy and Theology
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Que penser et que faire de la radicalité à l’oeuvre chez Barth ?
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Existence Between God and the No-God
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At the “Zero-Point” of Faith: The Clash of Old Man and New in the Römerbrief and Barth’s Later Doctrine of Sanctification
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Calvin’s “Christian philosophy” in Barth’s Römerbrief
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Barth’s Römerbrief and Liturgy’s Formative Function: Critique and Prospect
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Did Karl Barth Put an End to Theology?
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Contributors
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Copyright of Images
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Index of Authors
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Index of Subjects
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eBook published on:
May 9, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783110752908
Hardcover published on:
May 23, 2022
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110750522
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Front matter:
8
Main content:
495
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10
Keywords for this book
Epistle to the Romans; Karl Barth; dialectical theology; theological and philosophical hermeneutics
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of religion and theology, biblical scholars, historians, philosophers, ethicists
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