Wiley Blackwell Companion to Karl Barth.

Cover -- Volume1 -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Primary Text Abbreviations -- Part I Part IThe Life of Karl Barth -- Karl Barth Professional Timeline -- Karl Barth Personal Timeline -- Chapter 1 Karl Barth's Historical and Theological Significance -- Return to the Bible, Focus on "die Sache" -- God as the Wholly Other -- Barth's Political Critiques -- A Theology Outdated? -- Barth's Ongoing Theological Significance -- References -- Part II Part IIBarth on Doctrinal Topics -- Chapter 2 Barth on the Trinity -- The Root of the Doctrine -- Revelation/Reconciliation -- Methodological Concerns -- The Holy Spirit as Lord -- Primary and Secondary Objectivity -- Tritheism/Modalism -- References -- Chapter 3 Barth on the Filioque -- The Filioque Debate: A Brief Historical Sketch -- Karl Barth's Developing Position on the Filioque -- Barth's Enduring Contribution to the Filioque Controversy -- References -- Chapter 4 Barth on Divine Election -- Introduction -- (I) Precedents and Development -- (II) The Election of God -- (III) The Scriptural Impulse in Barth on Election -- (IV) Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Barth on Revelation -- The Triune God Is the Self‐Revealing God -- The Problem with "Natural Theology" -- The God Known by Revelation Alone -- The Particularity of Revelation in Jesus Christ and the Question of "General Revelation" -- References -- Chapter 6 Barth on Holy Scripture -- Chapter 7 Barth on Theological Method -- Barth's Early Method -- Barth's Mature Method -- Potential Objections and Responses -- Positivism -- References -- Chapter 8 Barth on Natural Theology -- Theology of Crisis -- Early Dogmatics -- Analogy of Being -- Analogy of Faith -- German Christians -- Creation and Covenant -- Other Lights -- References -- Chapter 9 Barth on Creeds and Confessions.

Creeds and Confessions in the Church Dogmatics -- Confessionalism, Modernism, and Creeds -- Chapter 10 Barth on Creation -- Introduction: The Problem of Christomonism -- Creation Is the External Basis of Covenant (Grace Does Not Destroy Nature) -- Covenant Is the Internal Basis of Creation (Grace Perfects Nature) -- God's Free Love in Election Is the Eternal Basis of Covenant -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 Barth on Providence -- Barth's Critique of the Reformed Doctrine of Providence -- Providence in Relation with Predestination and Creation -- The Threefold Framework of the Doctrine of Providence -- References -- Chapter 12 Barth on the Incarnation -- "The Incarnation of the Word" (CD I/2, 13-15) -- "The Way of the Son of God into the Far Country" (CD IV/1, 59.1) -- "The Homecoming of the Son of Man" (CD IV/2, 64.2) -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 13 Barth on the Atonement -- The Background: Election, Creation, and Anthropology -- The Foundation of the Atonement: Stellvertretung -- Autonomy "in Him" -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14 Barth on Christ's Resurrection -- Resurrection as Epistemic Basis -- Resurrection as Soteriological Transition -- Resurrection as Teleological Culmination -- References -- Chapter 15 Barth on Christ's Ascension -- Christ's Ascension as Event -- The Dynamic of Presence and Absence -- The Ascent of the Son of Man -- Jesus Ascended and the Reality of Witness in the "Time Between" -- The Being of the Church as Creature of the "Time Between" -- The Time Between as the Time of the Church -- Life in the Ascended Lord -- Criticisms of Barth's Ascension Theology -- Final Comments -- Further Reading -- Chapter 16 Barth on Theological Anthropology -- Introduction -- Divine Determination -- Being in Encounter -- Men and Women -- Soul and Body -- Time -- Conclusion -- Reference -- Chapter 17 Barth on Sin.

The Dogmatic Location and Knowledge of Sin -- The Ontology of Sin -- Describing Sin -- Pride -- Sloth -- Falsehood -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 18 Barth on Evil and Nothingness -- The "Full Scope" of Nothingness -- Nothingness as "God's Own Affair" -- The "Forms" of Nothingness -- Resistance Against Nothingness -- References -- Chapter 19 Barth on Death -- Introduction: Death as Created Limit and Curse? -- Bounded by God: Death as a Horizon for Judgment and Grace -- "The Fire of God's Wrathful Love": Death as Curse -- Concluding Thoughts: Death and Eternal Life -- References -- Chapter 20 Barth on the Holy Spirit -- Introduction: How to Read Karl Barth's Pneumatology? -- Being and Becoming God's Children: A Key Pneumatological Theme -- Veni Creator Spiritus: The Spirit's Prayer and Human Prayer -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 21 Barth on the Church -- Barth's Early Reflections on the Church -- The Turn to a Constructive Ecclesiology -- Church Dogmatics - Volume One - The Church and Proclamation -- Church Dogmatics - Volume Two (and Three) - The Church and Election -- Church Dogmatics - Volume Four - The Church as a Called and Gathered Community -- Church Dogmatics - Volume Four - The Church as an Ordered and Governed Community -- Church Dogmatics - Volume Four - The Church as a Sent and Witnessing Community -- References -- Chapter 22 Barth on Preaching -- The Young Preacher -- Preaching Themes in Romans -- The Homiletical Theologian -- Barth the Homiletician -- Barth the Preacher -- Barth's Gifts to Preachers -- Chapter 23 Barth on Baptism -- Overview -- Spirit Baptism -- Water Baptism -- The Relation Between Divine and Human Action -- Conclusion: Infant Baptism Revisited -- References -- Chapter 24 Barth on the Lord's Supper -- Introduction -- Development of Barth's View of the Lord's Supper.

Recent Interpretations of Barth's View of the Lord's Supper -- References -- Chapter 25 Barth on Justification -- Introduction -- Part I: Justification in the Early Barth -- Part II: Justification in Barth's Mature Theology -- References -- Chapter 26 Barth on Sanctification -- Introduction -- Locating Sanctification -- Sanctification, Community, and Incarnation -- Sanctification and Vocation -- Sanctification and Conversion -- Sanctification and "The Praise of Works" -- Sanctification and the Bearing of the Cross -- References -- Chapter 27 Barth on Vocation -- Introduction -- Creation and the Place of Vocation -- Reconciliation and the Event of Vocation -- Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 28 Barth on the Church in Mission -- Introduction: Variations on "Mission" -- "Movement of Serious Import": Colonial Imagination, Enthusiasm, and Skepticism in Barth's Early Writings -- Missio Dei! Barth's Dialectical Missiology in the "Twilight" of the "Heathen Church" and Fascism's Political Religions -- Missio Ecclesiae: The Sent Community in Barth's Mature Theology -- Barth and Beyond: Summary and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 29 Barth on Participation in Christ -- Introduction -- Revelation -- Election and Anthropology -- Reconciliation -- Barth and Theosis -- Further Reading -- Chapter 30 Barth on the Christian Life -- Introduction -- The Christian Life "in Christ": Real, Hidden, and Yet to Come -- The Foundation of the Christian Life: Baptism as First Step -- The Invocation of God as the Basic Form of the Christian Ethos -- The Christian Life as a Life of Passion: Zeal for the Honor of God -- Affections of the Christian Life -- The Orderly Revolution: The Christian Life as Struggle for Human Righteousness -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 31 Barth on the Ethics of Creation -- Introduction.

Ethics as a Task of the Doctrine of Creation -- Freedom before God -- Freedom in Fellowship -- Freedom for Life -- Freedom in Limitation -- Conclusion -- Reference -- Further Reading -- Chapter 32 Barth on Love -- God's Love and Our Love -- Love for God and Love for the Neighbor -- Agape and Eros -- Conclusion -- Chapter 33 Barth on Prayer -- The Command of God and the Special Ethics of the Doctrine of Creation -- The Command of God and the Special Ethics of the Doctrine of Reconciliation -- Prayer -- Reference -- Chapter 34 Barth on Religion -- Diverse Perspectives -- Religion as Question -- Religion in the Perspective of the Church Dogmatics -- The Religious Quandary of the Church -- References -- Volume2 -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Primary Text Abbreviations -- Part III Barth and Major Figures -- Chapter 35 Barth and Augustine -- Introduction -- Statistics -- Barth's Debts to Augustine -- Barth's Criticisms of Augustine -- Comparing Barth and Augustine -- Conclusion -- References -- Further Reading -- Chapter 36 Barth and Anselm -- Introduction -- On the Theological Task -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 37 Barth and Aquinas -- Introduction -- Barth's Thomas -- Barth: A Modern Theologian -- Thomas: A Dominican Master of Sacra Doctrina -- God's Existence and Perfections -- Nature and Grace -- Ethics -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 38 Barth and Luther -- Christocentrism -- Theology of the Cross -- Primacy of the Word of God -- Simul Iustus et Peccator -- Grace and Freedom -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 39 Barth and Calvin -- Introduction -- What John Calvin Wanted: The Next Life Is the Power of This Life -- John Calvin and Karl Barth on the Subject Matter of Theology -- Departing from Calvin: Grounding the Word of God in the Being of God.

Criticizing John Calvin: Jesus Christ and the Eternal Election of God.

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