Barth in Conversation, Volume 1, 1959–1962
Overview
Karl Barth is widely regarded as the most important theologian of the twentieth century, and his observations about the church and its place in a modern world continue to engage religious scholars nearly fifty years after his death. This English translation of the Swiss-published Conversations is a three-volume collection featuring correspondence, articles, interviews, and other short-form writings by Barth from 1959–1962. Among them are dialogues with representatives of the Evangelical Community Movement (1959); conversations with prison chaplains and a question-and-answer session with the Conference of the World Student Christian Federation (1960); discussions with Methodist preachers, Zurich pastors, and Catholic students of theology (1961); press conferences in New York and Chicago (1962); and an interview at the United Nations (1962). Within these pages, scholars and students will find a comprehensive view into Barth’s life and thinking about theology and its role in society today.
- Title: Barth in Conversation, Volume 1, 1959–1962
- Author: Karl Barth
- Volume: 1
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2017
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Barth, Karl, 1886-1968 › Interviews; Theologians › Switzerland--Interviews; Theology › History--20th century
- ISBNs: 9781611648423, 9780664264000, 9780664264017, 1611648424, 066426400X, 0664264018
- Resource ID: LLS:BRTHCNVRSTN01
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:20:41Z
Karl Barth (May 10, 1886–December 10, 1968) was a twentieth-century Swiss theologian in the Reformed tradition. A vigorous opponent of theological liberalism and modernism, he is sometimes called “the Father of Neo-Orthodoxy.”