The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology: Theology without Weapons

by Gary Dorrien

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 1999

Overview

In this history of the rise, development, and near-demise of Karl Barth’s theology, Gary Dorrien carefully analyzes the making of the Barthian revolution and the reasons behind its simultaneously dominating and marginal character. He discusses Barth’s relationship to his predecessors and contemporaries, as well as to modern theologians, and argues that his approach to theology was deeply indebted to his liberal past.

Key Features

• Analyzes the making of the Barthian revolution
• Discusses Barth’s relationship to his predecessors, contemporaries, and modern theologians
• Argues that Barth’s approach to theology was deeply indebted to his liberal past

Contents

• Twilight of the Gods: Liberal Theology and the Barthian Revolt
• Dialectics of the Word: Crisis Theology
• Self-Authenticating? The Break-Up of Dialectical Theology
• Otherworldly Positivism? Modern Theology against Barth
• Theology without Weapons: History and the Open Word

Product Details

• Title: The Barthian Revolt in Modern Theology: Theology without Weapons
• Author: Gary Dorrien
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 1999
• Pages: 256
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780664221515, 0664221513
• Resource ID: LLS:BRTHNRVLTTHWPNS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-17T21:25:18Z

About Gary Dorrien

Gary Dorrien is Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary, and Professor of Religion, Columbia University. He is the author of more than twenty books and three hundred articles that range across the fields of social ethics, philosophy, theology, political economics, social and political theory, religious history, cultural criticism, and intellectual history. He is a two-time recipient of the American Library Association’s Choice Award, a 2012 recipient of the Association of American Publishers’ PROSE Award, and a 2017 recipient of the Grawemeyer award for his book The New Abolition: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel.