Karl Barth, Catholic Renewal and Vatican II [Hardcover]

From the 1920s on, Karl Barth's thought was received with great interest not only by Protestants but also by Catholic theologians, who analyzed it in detail. This study outlines how and why this happened, especially in the period leading up to Vatican II. Dahlke shows how preoccupation with Barth'sEpistle to the RomansandChurch Dogmaticstriggered a theological renewal among Catholic theologians. In addition to Hans Urs von Balthasar's critical appropriation of Barth's thought, the controversy surrounding the issue ofanalogia entiswith Erich Przywara is also dealt with.A study of Barth's influence on Catholic theology leading up to Vatican II, when Catholics studying Barth received stimuli to renew theology and Church life.

Benjamin Dahlkeis a postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Catholic Theology, University of Mainz, Germany.

Bruce McCormackis Professor of Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, USA.

'Benjamin Dahlke's book concisely tells the previously unknown but nevertheless fascinating story of the intensive dialogue between Karl Barth and a rather varied group of German speaking Catholic colleagues. Parts of Barth's most attentive audience, it seems, came from a field that he himself looked upon with a curious mixture of suspicion, disdain and lively interest. Dahlke shows that conversing with Barth or criticizing his theology became one of the most striking phenomena of Catholic theology in search of reform from the 1930s to the 1960s. Dahlke's finely written book is in itself a history of Catholic theology on the way to Vatican II.' - Prof. Dr Leonhard Hell, University of Mainz, Germany Leonhard Hell

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