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Karl Barth moved to Bonn, Germany in 1930 to be the chair of systematic theology. In Bonn, Barth would witness firsthand the rise to power of Nazi Germany, write the first volume of his Church Dogmatics (CD I/1), draft the Barmen Declaration, and finally be forced to leave Nazi Germany because […]
 
In part one of The Life of Karl Barth series, I discussed Karl Barth's early life from his birth in 1886 until he left the University of Marburg and his pastoral work in Geneva in 1911. In part two, I will discuss the next ten years in Barth's life when […]
 
John Webster has died (May 26, 2016)
According to multiple sources, the great Barthian scholar, John Webster has died. It's a great loss for us all. Webster was the author of Karl Barth (Outstanding Christian Thinkers) and The Cambridge Companion to Karl Barth and many other works. I'm an unashamed Barth fan, but when I heard from […]
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