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With a new generation of theologians reevaluating the theology of Karl Barth, some are suggesting that this pivotal figure of the 20th century may enjoy his greatest influence in the 21st. Doubtless many readers will recoil at such a prospect, but that may be because their own assumptions about Barth do not correspond to the …
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(Reprinted from the July 18, 1956, issue) Geneva. June 23. Yesterday evening an event in every way unique and of the utmost charm took place in the graceful auditorium of the University of Geneva. Professor Karl Barth of the University of Basel lectured for forty minutes — in conjunction with the performance of a “Salzburg …
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"Beware," warns Emerson, "when the great God lets loose a thinker in this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city and no man knows what is safe or where it will end.’’ Nothing less than conflagration appears to have broken out in …
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If I now attempt to judge how far I have actually changed in these last ten years with regard to my work, then it seems possible to put the case in a formula: I have been occupied approximately equally with the deepening and the application of that knowledge which, in its main channels, I …
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“I keep getting proposals for books on Karl Barth,” an editor told me. “Can you explain what is going on? I thought we might see a revival of interest in Tillich or even Bonhoeffer, but Barth? What does Barth have to do with postmodernism?” The signs of interest in Barth’s theology are ample. The Karl …
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Karl Barth was born 100 years ago on May 10 in Basel, Switzerland. For better or for worse, his influence on this century’s theology has been incalculable. Many have certainly found that they have had to seek routes different from Barth’s; nevertheless, he is virtually impossible to ignore, for he provided a theological beacon from …
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