The Life of Karl Barth: Church Dogmatics Vol IV: The Doctrine of Reconciliation 1953-1967 (Part 7) (April 5, 2019)

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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The Four Eschatological Paragraphs of Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics (December 5, 2016)

Karl Barth's Eschatology: An Introduction Karl Barth wrote about Eschatology throughout the 75 paragraphs (i.e. sections §'s) of the Church Dogmatics, but there are four paragraphs in particular that elucidates Barth's doctrine of last things.  In this post, I will provide a sketch of Barth's eschatology writings in the Church Dogmatics […]

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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 on Jesus Calming the Storm (November 11, 2016)

The Miracle of Jesus Calming the Storm is my favorite passage from the life of Jesus, so I was delighted to find Karl Barth's eye-popping exposition of it in a small print section at the end of the Church Dogmatics IV/3.2.  Barth believes this miracle is not isolated to novice Galilean […]

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Karl Barth’s Angry Letter to Helmut Gollwitzer on the Book of Job (August 21, 2016)

In 1959, Karl Barth wrote an exposition of the Book of Job that he divided into four long small-print sections weaved into the end of the Church Dogmatics IV/3.1. Helmut Gollwitzer was Karl Barth's personal assistant in the 1960's after Charlotte Von Kirschbaum became ill. And in 1966, Gollwitzer realized that these small-print sections […]

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Karl Barth’s Rejection of Universalism (August 18, 2016)

Since the stone-ages of Cornelius Van Til until modern times, many have claimed that Karl Barth's theology necessarily concludes universalism or else it is incoherent, as recently exemplified by Oliver Crisp's cavalier statement in his Deviant Calvinism, "that the scope of human salvation envisioned in the theology of Karl Barth either is […]

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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? (poll) (July 17, 2015)

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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