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The Church Dogmatics, Vol IV: Doctrine of Reconciliation
From 1952 until 1967, Karl Barth devoted his time at the University of Basel to writing the unfinished fourth and final volume of the Church Dogmatics: the "Doctrine of Reconciliation" (CD IV). I will summarize this time by summarizing each of the part-volumes […]
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Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics Ended At A Single Stroke (June 23, 2017)
Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics is an unfinished summa theologica, and theological summas are almost always unfinished, and end unexpectedly and abruptly. So it was with Karl Barth as well. In the Christmas season of 1964, Karl Barth suffered a stroke that robbed him of his speech for half a day. Barth […]
The Church Dogmatics (CD) is an unfinished theological summa. Karl Barth started the Church Dogmatics in 1932, and had planned five volumes of the Church Dogmatics, but abandoned it near the end of his life in 1967, before completing the fourth volume. We possess a fragment on baptism from the final part of volume […]
The Extinction of Humanity: Karl Barth’s Eschatology (November 30, 2016)
Introduction
We are not guaranteed that we will die. In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye (1 Cor 15:52), the life of every human being in the world will be supernaturally concluded by the final coming of Jesus Christ. According to Karl Barth, this will be the final event in the […]
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Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics Original Publication Dates (April 21, 2016)
Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics was a theological summa published between 1932 and 1967 that spanned 9257 pages. The English translations lagged many years behind the German original publications, so as an English reader of Barth, I have struggled to find the original publication dates of each volume of the Church Dogmatics. So, I've created […]
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Karl Barth Christmas Book Wishlist (December 8, 2015)
It's Christmas season, and it is a great time to give the gift of Karl Barth! Here are my recommendations for which Barth books to buy for yourself or loved ones this holiday season. I've recommended below two editions of The Church Dogmatics and my top ten books by Karl Barth […]
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Most Popular Volumes of Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics (July 20, 2015)
The results from my "What's your favorite volume of Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics?" are in!
The winner is a tie between The Church Dogmatics: The Doctrine of God, Vol. II/2 (CD II/2) and The Church Dogmatics: The Doctrine of Reconciliation, Vol. IV/1 (CD IV/1). I'm not surprised that these two volumes would be neck and […]
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What is your favorite volume of Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics?
Church Dogmatics I/1: The Doctrine of the Word of God, Part 1
Church Dogmatics I/2: The Doctrine of the Word of God, Part 2
Church Dogmatics II/1: The Doctrine of God, Part 1
Church Dogmatics II/2: The Doctrine of God, […]
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Karl Barth’s Last Words in the Church Dogmatics (September 18, 2014)
Karl Barth with his wife Nelly, his son-in-law Max Zellweger and his second great grandson, June 1968. (source:kbarth.org)
Jürgen Moltmann once commented on Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics:
"Well, we have more than 8,000 pages of Church Dogmatics from Karl Barth. And a very friendly critic once said, 'the truth cannot be so long'. […]