The Mystery of God: Karl Barth and the Postmodern Foundations of Theology (Columbia Series in Reformed Theology) - Hardcover

Johnson, William Stacy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0664220940 ISBN 13: 9780664220945

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 1997

Synopsis

Moving beyond traditional ways of reading Karl Barth, William Stacy Johnson proposes an approach that makes Barth relevant for the postmodern period. Recognizing Barth's insight that God is mystery, he suggests that theology is best seen not as a restating of old orthodoxies but as an ongoing response to that divine mystery. Johnson's reassessment of Barth opens exciting possibilities for a new appropriation of Barth's insights for contemporary theology and the church.

The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.

About this title

About the Author:

William Stacy Johnson is Arthur M. Adams Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0664220940
• ISBN 13: 9780664220945
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 217