Karl Barth: An Introduction to His Early Theology, 1910-1931

An account of Karl Barth's thought from his early years to the transition to the Church Dogmatics, published by SCM Press in London and Harper & Row in New York in 1962 in The Preacher's Library, and dedicated to the memory of Hugh Ross Mackintosh, "who first introduced me to Karl Barth". Torrance had studied under Barth in Basel and was co-editor of the English Church Dogmatics. Part One sketches Barth's life and personal characteristics; Part Two traces the development of his theology, from the new starting point through dialectical theology, the theology of the Word and the Christian Dogmatics, to the re-examination that led to the Church Dogmatics, the problem of philosophy and theology in its own right; Part Three assesses the "Barthian revolution" in modern Protestant theology. A new edition with a fresh preface appeared in 2000.