" The sun behind the clouds" : some Barthian thoughts about teaching Christian theology / Adam Neder. 4. Theological existence in America. In the same solitude as fifty years ago / Hans-Anton Drewes -- Theology as theanthropology : Barth's theology of existence in its existentialist context / David W. Congdon -- The first community : Barth's American prison tours / Jessica DeCou -- 2. Doctrinal and ethical perspectives. Theology as an academic discipline : reconciling Evangelical theology and theological encyclopedia / Kevin W. Hector -- "Freed by God for God" : divine action and human action in Karl Barth's Evangelical theology and other late works / Gerald McKenny -- Barth on what it means to be human : a Christian scholar confronts the options / George Hunsinger -- 3. Barth in dialogue with American theologians. Veni Creator Spiritus : the work of the Spirit in the theologies of B.B. Warfield and Karl Barth / Daniel L. Migliore -- "Transforming encounters" : the friendship of Karl Barth and John Mackay / Cambria Janae Kaltwasser -- The church's prophetic vocation : insights from Karl Barth and Martin Luther King Jr. / Peter J. Paris -- 4. Theological existence in America. The theological existence of the pastor / Katherine Sonderegger -- " The sun behind the clouds" : some Barthian thoughts about teaching Christian theology / Adam Neder.
Summary:
Swiss theologian Karl Barth traveled to the United States only once during his long career. In 1962, newly retired, he came to visit family and to deliver a series of lectures subsequently published (by Eerdmans) as Evangelical Theology: An Introduction, which remains in print and widely read to this day. Besides recounting some delightful and poignant biographical details about Barth's two-month journey through the States, the authors of this book revisit central themes in Barth's mature theology and explore the theological and ethical significance of his Evangelical Theology. Even more, the distinguished scholars contributing to this volume assess contemporary North American theology and show how Barth's Evangelical Theology remains as bracing, powerful, and relevant today as it was fifty years ago.
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