Engaging with Barth: Contemporary Evangelical Critiques - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0567442969 ISBN 13: 9780567442963

Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2009

Synopsis

This volume aims to engage with Karl Barth's questions and answers on a range of topics vital to Christian theology. Specifically, whether by going beyond, behind or against Barth, the chapters presented here attempt to provide a contemporary orientation to certain aspects of Barth's theology that can be deemed problematic from the standpoint of historic, confessional evangelicalism. Why engage with Barth? And why the particular approach of this book?
The answer to the first question is that Barth's significance as arguably the greatest theologian of the twentieth century - increasingly being recognized in an ongoing renaissance of international Barth scholarship - means that Barth provides both opportunity and challenge for evangelicalism. There is
renewed interest in the question of how evangelicals should or should not appropriate Barth. Given the sheer diversity within worldwide evangelicalism, a consensus is unlikely to be reached. Be that as it may, in a range of areas, evangelical theology stands to gain from careful and critical listening to what Barth has to say.

About this title

About the Author:

David Gibson is Assistant Minister at High Church Hilton, Aberdeen. He studied theology at Nottingham University and King's College London, and completed a doctorate at the University of Aberdeen.Daniel Strange is Lecturer in Culture, Religion and Public Theology atOak Hill Theological College, London. Previously, he was Co-ordinatorof the Religious and Theological Studies Fellowship.

Review:

"In short, this book fulfils its goal of providing a robust and fair interaction with Barth across a number of important theological topics. As such, Engaging with Barth deserves the widest possible reading."
-Peter Orr, Durham University

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0567442969
• ISBN 13: 9780567442963
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 408
• Editor: Gibson David, Strange Daniel