Karl Barth's critically realistic dialectical theology : its genesis and development, 1909-1936 / / Bruce L. McCormack

• Autore: McCormack Bruce L
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 499 pages)
• Disciplina: 230/.044/092; 230.044092
• Soggetto topico: Reformed Church - Switzerland - Clergy; Theologians - Switzerland
• Note generali: Revision and expansion of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Princeton Theological Seminary, 1989.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-491) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface 1997; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction: The Von Balthasar Thesis and the Myth of the Neo-Orthodox Barth; 1. The Reigning Paradigm; 2. Where Do We Stand Now?; 3. A New Paradigm; 4. Systematic Relevance of the Developmental Problem; PROLOGUE: THE MAKING OF AN OUTSIDER (GENEVA AND SAFENWIL, 1909-AUGUST 1915); 1 The Marburg Background; 1. The Cultural Context of Barth's Earliest Dialectical Theology; 2. Upbringing and Student Years; 3. The Theological Situation at the Turn of the Century; 4. Marburg Neo-Kantianism; 5. Wilhelm Herrmann's Theology of Religious Experience ; 6. Karl Barth's Earliest Theological Writings (Marburg and Geneva, July 1909-July 1911); 2 Socialism and Religious Socialism in Safenwil (July 1911-August 1915); 1. Before the Storm: Longing for a New World; 2. The Crisis of August 1914 in Letters and Sermons; 3. The Split in the Religious Socialist Movement and Barth's Break with Liberalism; PART I: DIALECTICAL THEOLOGY IN THE SHADOW OF A PROCESS ESCHATOLOGY (SAFENWIL, AUGUST 1915-JANUARY 1920); 3 The Righteousness of God (Safenwil, August 1915-November 1918); 1. The New Starting-Point; 2. God is God; 3. The Theology of Romans I; 4. Summary ; 4 Theology in a Revolutionary Age (Safenwil, November 1918-January 1920); 1. Social-Political Factors in Barth's Further Development?; 2. The Swiss Landesstreik of November 1918; 3. Political Writings of 1919; 4. The Tambach Lecture (25 September 1919); 5. Conclusion; PART II: DIALECTICAL THEOLOGY IN THE SHADOW OF A CONSISTENT ESCHATOLOGY (SAFENWIL AND GÖTTINGEN, JANUARY 1920-MAY 1924); 5 Shift to a Consistent Eschatology (Safenwil, January 1920-October 1920); 1. The Fundamental Problem Addressed in Romans II and its Solution; 2. Theology of Crisis or the Crisis of Theology? ; 3. Factors Contributing to Barth's Further Development (1919-1920); 6 Clearing the Ground: The Theology of Romans II (Safenwil, October 1920-October 1921); 1. Circumstances of Composition; 2. Preliminary Observations; 3. Knowledge of God and Eschatology; 4. The Source of the Charge of Scepticism in Romans II; 5. Dialectics in Romans II; 6. The Emergence of a Critically Realistic Ethic in Romans II; 7. Political Action in Romans II; 8. The Church as the Locus of Judgement: Barth's Critique of Religion, the Church, and Doctrine; 9. Barth's Later Critique of Romans II ; 7 Honorary Professor of Reformed Theology (Göttingen, October 1921-April 1924); 1. The Situation in Germany; 2. Life in Göttingen; 3. Modification and Elaboration of the Perspectives of Romans II (1921-1922); 4. The Second Academic Year in Göttingen (1922/3); PART III: DIALECTICAL THEOLOGY IN THE SHADOW OF AN ANHYPOSTATIC-ENHYPOSTATIC CHRISTOLOGY (FIRST STAGE: PNEUMATOCENTRISM, 1924-1936); 8 The Göttingen Dogmatics (Göttingen, April 1924-October 1925); 1. Shift from an Eschatological to a Christological Grounding of Theology; 2. Preparations for Dogmatics; 3. Deus dixit; 4. Authority in the Church
• Sommario/riassunto: Barth was perhaps the most influential theologian of the 20th century. McCormack demonstrates that the fundamental decision which would control the whole of Barth's development was already made when Barth was at work on his first commentary on Romans.
• Titolo autorizzato: Karl Barth's critically realistic dialectical theology
• ISBN: 0-19-152037-3; 1-281-98927-4; 0-585-25792-2; 9786611989279; 0-19-826956-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818974103321
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