Karl Barth in Conversation
Ebook
Overview
Karl Barth was an eminently conversational theologian, and with the Internet revolution, we live today in an eminently conversational age. Being the proceedings of the 2010 Karl Barth Blog Conference, Karl Barth in Conversation brings these two factors together in order to advance the dialogue about Barth's theology and extend the online conversation to new audiences. With conversation partners ranging from Wesley to Žižek, from Schleiermacher to Jenson, from Hauerwas to the Coen brothers, this volume opens up exciting new horizons for exploring Barth's immense contribution to church and world. The contributors, who represent a young new generation of academic theologians, bring a fresh perspective to a topic--the theology of Karl Barth--that often seems to have exhausted its range of possibilities. This book proves that there is still a great deal of uncharted territory in the field of Barth studies. Today, more than forty years since the Swiss theologian's death, the conversation is as lively as ever.
"This book is an exciting and important contribution to Barth
studies. It breaks open the potential cul-de-sac of Barth
scholarship to new conversation partners and thinkers. The result
is a fascinating collection of essays that brings out new accents
on Barth's work and offers constructive insights for the future of
theology. . . . Let us hope this book sets an agenda for the
future."
--Tom Greggs, Professor of Historical and Doctrinal Theology,
King's College, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
"In this welcome collection of colorful and stimulating input from
young scholars, we get to eavesdrop on some new 'conversations'
surveying a diverse range of themes, and in the wake of the fresh
questions raised, we are invited to hear again what Barth and
others have heard and misheard."
--Jason Goroncy, Dean of Studies, Knox Centre for Ministry and
Leadership, New Zealand
"This is a fascinating and instructive set of essays by a group of
talented young theologians. These studies offer fresh perspectives
on the thought of Barth and his dialogue partners and suggest new
pathways for further exploration. Here we see both the ongoing
power of Barth's theology to stimulate new conversations and the
creative potential of a new generation of Barth scholars."
--Adam Neder, Associate Professor of Theology, Whitworth
University, Washington
Product Details
- Title : Karl Barth in Conversation
- Authors:
- McMaken, W. Travis
- Congdon, David W.
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Publication Date: 2014
- ISBN: 9781630873905
W. Travis McMaken, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Religion at
Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. He is the author of
The Sign of the Gospel: Toward an Evangelical Doctrine of Infant
Baptism after Karl Barth (Fortress, 2013).
David W. Congdon is acquisitions editor in political science and
law at the University Press of Kansas. His research plumbs the
relationship between Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann.