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Karl Barth ( / bɑːrt, bɑːrθ /; [1] German: [bart]; 10 May 1886 – 10 December 1968) was a Swiss Reformed theologian.
Karl Barth was one of the most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century who, in emphasizing the ‘wholly otherness of God,’ radically changed Protestant thought from the anthropocentrism of 19th-century liberal theology.
The theology of the Swiss theologian Karl Barth (1886–1968) evolved over the course of his life but roared through the theological world of the twentieth century like a tsunami, challenging the liberal theological systems that ruled the academy and many churches of his day.
Pastor Karl. After the war, Barth engaged in controversies regarding baptism (though a Reformed theologian, he rejected infant baptism), hermeneutics, and the demythologizing program of Rudolf ...
With the earlier Reformed tradition, Barth retains the notion of double predestination, but he makes Jesus simultaneously the object and subject of both divine election and reprobation: Jesus embodies God's election of humanity and God's rejection of human sin. He is the electing God and the elect man.
Karl Barth (1886-1968) was the most important Swiss theologian of the twentieth century, with an influence far beyond Switzerland. He is considered alongside Thomas Aquinas , Jean Calvin, and Friedrich Schleiermacher to be one of the greatest thinkers within the history of the Christian tradition.
A theologian, a public figure, a sentinel. The strictness and deep originality of the theologian’s work ensured its rapid spread throughout Protestantism and among catholic theologians, and caused intense debates and long-lasting polemics. Family and studies. Karl Barth (1886-1968) © Collection privée. Karl Barth was born in Basel on 10 May 1886.
The distinctive features of Karl Barth’s theology remain the subject of considerable debate and ongoing investigation. But some widely agreed upon features can be acknowledged. Before it was anything else, Barth’s theology was a theology of the Word of God.
Karl Barth (May 10, 1886 - Dec 10, 1968) pronounced "Bart", was a 20th century Swiss theologian in the Reformed tradition. A vigorous opponent of theological liberalism and modernism, he is sometimes called "the Father of Neo-Orthodoxy ."
The Center for Barth Studies exists to provide leading resources on the theology and legacy of Swiss Reformed theologian Karl Barth (1886–1968). The center hosts programs and events, provides research resources, and facilitates constructive theological conversation for engagement with the Christian theological tradition and its public ...
