Barth and Schleiermacher on the Doctrine of Election: A Systematic-Theological Comparison

ISBN-13: 9780199203222 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 238 str.

Matthias Gockel

Opis

The first detailed comparison between the theologies of Friedrich Schleiermacher and the early dialectical theology of Karl Barth. Matthias Gockel shows that the doctrine of election in Barth's early theology bears a remarkable resemblance to the position of Schleiermacher. He challenges the conventional wisdom that these two positions - or liberal theology' and dialectical theology' - stand in irreconcilable opposition. Barth articulates a fresh assessment of the doctrine not only in Church Dogmatics II/2, but in the second edition of his Epistle to the Romans and in his first series of lectures on Systematic Theology, the so-called Gottingen Dogmatics. Hence, a resemblance between Schleiermacher and Barth is already discernible in Barth's early theology - at a time when he was writing his most virulent criticisms of Schleiermacher.
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Recenzje

Matthias Gockel offers a groundbreaking new evaluation of Barth's relationship to Schleiermacher...the best work on Barth to have appeared within the past year or more, and it will prove to be an immensely valuable resource for contemporary constructive work on the doctrine of election.

O autorze

Matthias Gockel is assistant pastor in a congregation near Wittenberg, Germany.