Karl Barth: Biblical and Evangelical Theologian

by Thomas Torrance

Year 1990
Type Book
Genre theology
Tradition Reformed
Original language English

For For students of Barth and of Torrance's relation to him; not a first introduction to Barth.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 1 of 5 specialist interest
For the researcher: 4 of 5 important
Difficulty: 4 of 5 hard

Revised essays on Barth: his context, the Word, natural theology, the Fathers, and Torrance's own interaction with him.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 4 of 5
Scriptural 3 of 5
Experiential 1 of 5
Sociological 1 of 5
Historical 4 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A collection of essays on Karl Barth, revised as chapters, published by T&T Clark, Edinburgh, in 1990, a companion to his earlier Karl Barth: An Introduction to His Early Theology (1962). The chapters are "Karl Barth: 1886-1968", "The Intellectual Context of Barth's Thought", "Karl Barth, Theologian of the Word", "My Interaction with Karl Barth", "Natural Theology in the Thought of Karl Barth", "The Legacy of Karl Barth", "Karl Barth and Patristic Theology" and "Karl Barth and the Latin Heresy". The personal chapter recounts his study with Barth in Basel and their later relationship.

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