Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision

by Paul T. Nimmo

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 2011

Overview

This book investigates the way in which the actualistic ontology, namely, the fact that God and human agents are beings-in-act in a covenant relationship—that underlies the Church Dogmatics of Karl Barth affects his conception of ethical agency. It analyses this effect along three paths of inquiry: knowing what is right (the noetic dimension) doing what is right (the ontic dimension) and achieving what is right (the telic dimension) The first section of the book explores the discipline of theological ethics as Barth construes it, both in its theoretical status and in its actual practice. In the second section, the ontological import of ethical agency for Barth is considered in relation to the divine action and the divine command. The final section of the book examines the teleological purpose envisaged in this theological ethics in terms of participation, witness, and glorification.

Product Details

• Title: Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision
• Author: Paul T. Nimmo
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Barth, Karl, 1886-1968; Christian ethics
• ISBNs: 9780567031495, 9780567099198, 0567031497, 0567099199
• Resource ID: LLS:BNGCTNTHLGCLSHP
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:17:18Z

About Paul T. Nimmo

Paul T. Nimmo, (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is Professor and King’s Chair of Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and the co-director of the Aberdeen Centre for Protestant Theology. He is the author of Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision and Barth: A Guide for the Perplexed, as well as the co-editor of Kenosis: The Self-Emptying of Christ in Scripture and Theology, The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth, and The Cambridge Companion to Reformed Theology. He is also the senior editor of the International Journal of Systematic Theology.