Barth's Interpretation of the Virgin Birth: A Sign of Mystery. Dustin Resch

ISBN-13: 9781138271692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 232 str.

Dustin Resch

Opis

This book offers a comprehensive account and analysis of Barth's interpretation of the doctrine of the virgin birth. Setting the doctrine in the context of the western Christian tradition, Resch examines it in relation to Barth's discussions in the Church Dogmatics of Christology, pneumatology and the interpretation of Scripture. The importance of this study lies in the way that it reveals Barth's continuity and discontinuity with both the classical Augustinian tradition of interpreting the virgin birth and the criticisms of the modern era, but especially in the way in which attention to Barth's doctrine of the virgin birth reveals his assumptions about the nature of history, humanity and the identity of Jesus Christ.

Recenzje

'... Resch successfully illustrates ways that Barth’s thinking on the virgin birth remains both broadly Augustinian insofar as the doctrine relates to that of original sin, and radically revisionist insofar as Barth departs from Augustine’s interpretation of the virgin birth as that which mysteriously preserves Christ from the tainting effects of concupiscence and original sin...' Journal of Theological Studies '... a valuable book on Barth and an excellent contribution to the interpretation of the doctrine of the virgin birth.' Religious Studies Review ’This is a rigorous and stimulating study. It makes for excellent ... reflection and, as a bonus, it is a wonderful entry into some crucial themes in Barth’s thought such as his theological method, his overall Christology, his pneumatology, and his conception of human agency.’ Themelios '... well-reasoned, well-presented, well-argued ... even the unbelieving should read this volume, for in it and from it they will learn much- both of the doctrine of the virgin birth and the theology of Karl Barth.' Barth Studies

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Introduction; The doctrine of the Virgin Birth according to select figures in the Western Church; The development of Karl Barth's doctrine of the Virgin Birth; The Virgin Birth as a sign of God's 'yes' and 'no'; The conception of Jesus and the work of the Holy Spirit; There for God: Mary in the theology of Karl Barth; Conclusion; Bibliography; Indexes.

O autorze

Dr Dustin Resch is Assistant Professor of Theology at Briercrest College and Seminary, Canada.