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All Blog Posts With Tag: Nelly Barth
Karl Barth (May 10, 1886–December 10, 1968) was a Swiss Reformed Protestant theologian and arguably the greatest theologian of the last two centuries. He was a prolific author who is most well known for his commentary on The Epistle to the Romans (2nd ed.), his thirteen volume systematic theology the Church Dogmatics (CD), and […]
Rösy Münger and Karl Barth: A Tragic Love Story (April 16, 2018)
Karl Barth's first great love was a bernese girl named Rösy Münger (1888–1925). He met her when he returned to study at the university in Bern. Barth said "I spent the happiest hours with her" [1], but their relationship ended tragically because his parents sternly disapproved of their relationship together. Karl Barth's […]
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Christiane Tietz's lecture on "Karl Barth and Charlotte von Kirschbaum" from the Karl Barth Society of North America 2016 meeting was published in Theology Today's July 2017 edition, and in recent weeks, this essay has invoked many unhelpful moralistic and voyeuristic responses to it—despite Tietz's extensive warning. The relationship constellation […]