Karl Barth: Centenary Essays

This book brings together a collection of essays which makes an important contribution to Barth interpretation. Two decades after his death, Barth continues to fascinate those who study the field and his own thought in the magisterial unfinished Church Dogmatics. Yet while his impact and influence upon modern theology has been great, Barth has been subject, too, to suspicion and sometimes to fierce opposition. The contributors to this book examine and refute some of the reasons why the thought of Karl Barth has had a somewhat limited appeal. Writing from a variety of ecclesiastical persuasions, Reformed, Lutheran, Anglican and Roman Catholic, the authors seek to demonstrate, at a fundamental level, the continuing importance of some of Barth's major concerns.This book brings together a collection of essays which makes an important contribution to Barth interpretation. Two decades after his death, Barth continues to fascinate those who study the field and his own thought in the magisterial unfinished Church Dogmatics. Yet while his impact and influence upon modern theology has been great, Barth has been subject, too, to suspicion and sometimes to fierce opposition. The contributors to this book examine and refute some of the reasons why the thought of Karl Barth has had a somewhat limited appeal. Writing from a variety of ecclesiastical persuasions, Reformed, Lutheran, Anglican and Roman Catholic, the authors seek to demonstrate, at a fundamental level, the continuing importance of some of Barth's major concerns.Sykes, S. W. is the author of 'Karl Barth: Centenary Essays', published 1989 under ISBN 9780521341844 and ISBN 0521341841.