The thought of Karl Barth (1886-1968) has undergone a remarkable renewal of interest in the past twenty years. Joseph Mangina's Karl Barth: Theologian of Christian Witness offers a concise, accessible guide to this important Christian thinker. Uniquely among introductions to Barth, it also highlights his significance for Christian ecumenism. The first chapter describes Barth's extraordinary life, from his youthful break with liberalism during the First World War, to his mature theology in the Church Dogmatics. Subsequent chapters offer a detailed reading of this magisterial work, and place Barth in dialogue with five contemporary thinkers: George Lindbeck on revelation, Michael Wyschogrod on election, Stanley Hauerwas on creation, Robert Jenson on reconciliation, and Henri de Lubac on the church. These ecumenical conversations not only set Barth's thinking in greater relief, but serve to demonstrate its continuing theological fruitfulness. The book concludes by examining Barth's wider significance for the church in our time.
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Joseph L. Mangina is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Wycliffe College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has served as a member of the Center of Theological Inquiry in Princeton, New Jersey.
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As a graduate student in Divinity School, there are a handful of modern Protestant authors who can truly be called seminal. Although the prejudice among academics is to read primary texts, there is also in my opinion a need for secondary texts that illuminate the thoughts of great theologians. Althought I do not believe Mangina wrote this book with the idea of it being an "introduction to Barth" in mind, it does serves as an unequalled summary of Barth and some of his more important ideas. Mangina has the rare gift of being able to translate complex ideas into clear, lucid, well written English. As a divinity student who has read upteen texts, both primary and secondary, this book gets my highest recommendation.
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A Beautiful Introduction to Barth,
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There are good introductions to Karl Barth, such as H. Hartwell, T. F. Torrance, G. Bromiley. Mangina takes his place among them. This is a beautifully done book--and covers Barth's thought nicely. As an introduction to Barth's thought, this is perhaps the best for the beginning seminary student, although one will want to consult the others previously mentioned. Fans of Barth's work owe Mangina a hearty "thanks!"
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I agree with the review above who called this book "seminal." Mangina never beats around the bush in his elucidations of Barth's incredibly dense prose. While I find Barth enlightening but incredibly difficult to read, I absolutlely savor Mangina. If you're curious at all, Mangina is well worth exploring.
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Karl Barth was born on 10 May 1886, in the Swiss city of Basel, the first of five children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Karl Barth, Word of God, Holy Spirit, Grand Rapids, New York, New Testament, Son of God, Old Testament, The Epistle, Roman Catholic, Holy Scripture, Jesus of Nazareth, John Knox Press, God of Israel, The Nature of Doctrine, Eberhard Busch, Good Friday, John Webster, Naming the Silences, Stanley Hauerwas, Henri de Lubac, Robert Jenson, Barmen Declaration, Dietrich Bonhoeffer New!
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Karl Barth was born on 10 May 1886, in the Swiss city of Basel, the first of five children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Karl Barth, Word of God, Holy Spirit, Grand Rapids, New York, New Testament, Son of God, Old Testament, The Epistle, Roman Catholic, Holy Scripture, Jesus of Nazareth, John Knox Press, God of Israel, The Nature of Doctrine, Eberhard Busch, Good Friday, John Webster, Naming the Silences, Stanley Hauerwas, Henri de Lubac, Robert Jenson, Barmen Declaration, Dietrich Bonhoeffer New!
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- Church Dogmatics, Vol. 4: The Doctrine of Reconciliation by Karl Barth on 11 pages
- Dogmatics in Outline by Karl Barth on 11 pages
- The Epistle to the Romans by Karl Barth on 10 pages
- The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth (Cambridge Companions to Religion) by John Webster on 9 pages
- Karl Barth by Eberhard Busch on 8 pages
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