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Selected AbstractsELECTION AND THE TRINITY: TWENTY-FIVE THESES ON THE THEOLOGY OF KARL BARTHMODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 2 2008GEORGE HUNSINGER A new and "revisionist" reading would argue that the later Karl Barth saw the existence of the eternal Trinity not as the ground and presupposition, but as the consequence of God's pre-temporal decision of election. A more "traditionalist" reading, on the other hand, as defended by this essay, denies that proposition. The texts adduced by the revisionists, it is argued, fail to make their case. More plausible, alternative readings are offered, counter-evidence is marshaled, and the deleterious theological consequences of the revisionist alternative are spelled out. Barth could not have adopted it without contradicting his most basic convictions. [source] God's Free Grace and the Freedom of the Church: Theological Aspects of the Barmen DeclarationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 4 2010MICHAEL WEINRICH This article explores the fundamental theological decisions of the ,six evangelical truths' of the Barmen Theological Declaration of 1934 on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. Seeing it in close proximity to the theology of Karl Barth, the essay considers in turn the substance and ongoing significance of the Declaration's reaffirmation of the First Commandment, its iteration of the threefold form of the Word of God, its repudiation of natural theology, its ringing affirmation of the positive freedom of the church and, finally, its ecumenical importance as an impulse to Christian unity. [source] ,The Indivisible Whole of God's Reality': On the Agency of Jesus in Bonhoeffer's EthicsINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 3 2010CHRISTOPHER HOLMES In conversation with Karl Barth, this article explores Bonhoeffer's account in his Ethics of the character of the agency exercised by Jesus Christ in the world today in relation to the principal task of theological ethics: namely, the engendering of the most humane form of existence possible within the mandates of work, family, government and church. The article argues that the theological work undertaken by the command of God ensures that these mandates remain christologically determined spheres in which concrete obedience is enacted, and thus the places in which the reality that Jesus Christ is achieves social and historical form. [source] The Resurrection in Karl Barth , By Robert Dale DawsonINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 2 2009Paul Molnar First page of article [source] The Reality of Faith in Theology: Studies on Karl Barth: Princeton,Kampen Consultation, 2005 , Edited by Bruce L. McCormack and Gerrit NevenINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 1 2009James R.A. Merrick No abstract is available for this article. [source] Religious Diversity, Christian Doctrine and Karl BarthINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 1 2006GEOFF THOMPSON In this article J.A. DiNoia's proposals for the recognition of subordinate and non-oppositional truths in the other religions, and his more recent defence of Barth's account of the religions in Church Dogmatics§17, are brought into dialogue with Karl Barth's account of truth extra muros ecclesiae in CD§69. It is argued that the latter raises a number of crucial doctrinal questions for DiNoia's own proposal for the recognition of subordinate and non-oppositional truth, and that it is a more important resource for contemporary discussions than is the controversial CD§17. [source] Karl Barth, Emil Brunner and the Subjectivity of the Object of Christian HopeINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 1 2006JOHN C. McDOWELL The Barth,Brunner debate of 1934, although not specifically about hope, provides resources for exploring the radical nature of Christian hope. [source] What's Interesting about Karl Barth?INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 1 2002Barth as Polemical, Descriptive Theologian Much of the interest in Karl Barth's theology has been found in the formal elements of his theology, whether a single thought-form or multiple forms. Most of that interest focuses on Barth's epistemology or his ,actualism'. This article suggests that material theological loci, expounded descriptively, and often with a polemical intent, were at the heart of Barth's work, and are still the richest vein of his theology. Metaphysics and epistemology were subservient to material dogmatic affirmations. The article closes with some observations on the continuing relevance of Barth's theology. [source] Karl Barth on the Ascension: An Appreciation and CritiqueINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 2 2000Douglas Farrow This exposition of Barth's doctrine of the ascension in Volume IV of the Church Dogmatics,,one of the major works of ascension theology', begins by highlighting some central themes in representative patristic and modern discussions of the ascension and then provides a close and critical reading of the Dogmatics. Of special interest are questions regarding Barth's understanding of the specificity of the Christ-event, the structure of his doctrine of reconciliation, the relation of ontology and soteriology, and the function of the doctrine of the ascension in a thoroughly a posteriori theology. [source] The Hidden and Triune GodINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY, Issue 1 2000Robert W. Jenson Luther rightly perceived that God is hidden in his presence. The challenge systematically is to integrate discourse about God's hiddenness with a serious trinitarianism. The attempts by Gregory Palamas and Karl Barth to do just this are judged inadequate. A constructive proposal begins by recognizing that God's hiddenness is an impenetrability of his moral agency in his history with us as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, rather than a correlate of God's ontological uniqueness or our creaturely epistemic limitations. God's hiddenness must be thought of in terms of the sheer factuality of God the Father, which limits theodicy; the suffering of the Son, and thus the rejection of idolatry; and the freedom of the Spirit. [source] ELECTION AND THE TRINITY: TWENTY-FIVE THESES ON THE THEOLOGY OF KARL BARTHMODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 2 2008GEORGE HUNSINGER A new and "revisionist" reading would argue that the later Karl Barth saw the existence of the eternal Trinity not as the ground and presupposition, but as the consequence of God's pre-temporal decision of election. A more "traditionalist" reading, on the other hand, as defended by this essay, denies that proposition. The texts adduced by the revisionists, it is argued, fail to make their case. More plausible, alternative readings are offered, counter-evidence is marshaled, and the deleterious theological consequences of the revisionist alternative are spelled out. Barth could not have adopted it without contradicting his most basic convictions. [source] Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian WitnessMODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 2 2006Article first published online: 18 APR 200 Book reviewed: Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness by Joseph Mangina (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004) xiv + 208 pp. Reviewed by Timothy J. Gorringe Department of Theology University of Exeter The Queen's Drive Devon EX4 4QJ UK [source] Theology as Conversational Event: Karl Barth, the Ending of "Dialogue" and the Beginning of "Conversation"MODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 4 2003John C. McDowell This essay deals with a commonly voiced concern with Barth's theology as expressed in the form that his theology illegitimately secures itself from critique, polices its narrow location assiduously and only lets in a few carefully vetted others when convinced that they can be useful. In contrast, through exploring John Milbank's distinction between dialogue and conversation it becomes possible to critique James Barr's and Clark Pinnock's understandings of "conversation" in a way that serves to hear Barth, and what it entails for theology to be "conversational", significantly differently. Indeed, it will be maintained that "conversation" is an appropriate metaphor to apply to what Barth was doing with his theology. [source] ,We Pray by His Mouth': Karl Barth, Erving Goffman, and a Theology of InvocationMODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 1 2001Matthew Boulton Rereading the opening question of the Westminster Catechism, "What is the chief end of man?", I contend in this essay that the act of invocation , giving God thanks, praise, and petitions , is the act in and through which human being itself is founded, constituted and achieved. I take important cues from Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics and The Christian Life, and from sociologist Erving Goffman's work on the shifting "footings" involved in everyday interactions. I argue for an account of the human being as a being-with-God, human acting as acting-with-God, and human salvation as a restoration to the genuine human partner's work , indeed, the true leitourgia, of thanks, praise and petition to God. [source] Mozart Among the TheologiansMODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 4 2000David J. Gouwens The essay compares and contrasts the philosophical, theological, and aesthetic approaches to Mozart in the writings of Søren Kierkegaard's aesthete A (Either/Or, I), Karl Barth (primarily Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), and Hans Küng (Mozart: Traces of Transcendence). Whereas Kierkegaard's A outlines a non-religious ,daemonic Mozart', Barth and Küng depict two contrasting theological understandings of Mozart's music. Barth's Mozart reflects a Reformed aesthetic, with Mozart as a ,parable' of gospel, whereas Küng's Mozart reflects a Roman Catholic ,sacramental' vision of music and religious faith. The essay explores how these different visions of Mozart are shaped by both their theological and aesthetic commitments. [source] "Where Theologians Fear to Tread"MODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 1 2000Amy Plantinga Pauw This essay appeals to the practice of Baroque musical ornamentation as an analogy to the place of reflection on angels and demons in Christian theology. In ways left to the discretion of the performer, this reflection functions to enhance the main theological melody of God, Christ, human salvation, and, in particular, eschatology. Jonathan Edwards and Karl Barth are the text cases for this thesis. While Edwards' treatment of angels and Satan mutes his eschatology of glory by drawing attention to the humility and suffering of Christ, Barth's treatment underscores the sovereignty of God and Christ's victory over sin. [source] Is God Beyond Reason?PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS, Issue 4 2009Brian Davies Classical thinkers such as St Anselm of Canterbury and St Thomas Aquinas insist that God is beyond reason because he is incomprehensible. More recent authors, including Søren Kierkegaard, Karl Barth and Colin Gunton have argued that God is beyond reason since natural theology is an inherently suspect notion. In this article, I first note ways in which all the authors just mentioned may be thought of as agreeing with each other. I then proceed to argue against the critique of natural theology coming from Kierkegaard, Barth and Gunton. My conclusion is that, in one sense, it may be premature to conclude that God is beyond reason. [source] Karl Barth and Evangelical Theology: Convergences and Divergences , Edited by Sung Wook ChungRELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW, Issue 3 2007Jeffrey K. Anderson No abstract is available for this article. [source] The Church and the Churches , By Karl BarthRELIGIOUS STUDIES REVIEW, Issue 1 2007David H. Jensen No abstract is available for this article. [source] The Resurrection in Karl Barth (Barth Studies Series).THE HEYTHROP JOURNAL, Issue 1 2008By Robert Dale Dawson Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: Convergences And Divergences. First page of article [source] CAN A GIFT BE WRAPPED?THE HEYTHROP JOURNAL, Issue 3 2006JOHN MILBANK AND SUPERNATURAL SOCIOLOGY Do secular sciences provide theology with a neutral description of reality, as raw material for theology to reflect upon? Or, on the other side, can theology be considered a full-blown social theory? What would a ,supernatural sociology' imply and look like? This essay addresses these questions following the insights of John Milbank. This British theologian has challenged mainline modern assumptions with his ,radical orthodoxy' project, stirring a fruitful debate not exempt from polemical exchanges. This essay offers a presentation of Milbank's position, followed by a detailed and critical analysis of his views. The author then offers a theological framework within which to reconceive Milbank's proposal, extending some of his own claims regarding Karl Barth, Henri de Lubac, and Clodovis Boff. Finally this essay explores the possibilities, the scope, and some examples of what a ,supernatural sociology' might look like. [source] | ||||||||||