Karl Barth Post-Holocaust Theologian [Hardcover]

Karl Barth's attitude toward the Jews, despite some admittedly unfortunate elements, still has much to commend it and the essays in this volume discuss this matter. The contributors examine numerous topics: the extent to which Barth compares favorably with recent post-Holocaust theologies, Barth's position on the Jews during the Third Reich, his critique of the German-Christian V?lkish church on ethical grounds. The discussion tackles Barth dialectical Yes to Israel's christological No, it unpacks his ground-breaking exegesis of Rom. 9-11; as well as examines Barth's rejection of the 1933 Aryan Law that formed the basis for excluding baptized Jews from Christian communities during the Third Reich. The essays also examine Barth's later worries aboutNostra Aetate, Vatican II's landmark Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-christian Religions. This is followed by an in-depth explanation how Barth's theology differentiated the question of religious pluralism from church's relationship with Judaism.
This inspiring volume concludes by taking up the neglected question of Barth's place in modern European history.

Acknowledgments

Preface George Hunsinger (Princeton Theological Seminary, USA)

Chapter 1
Barth, Berkovits, Birkenau: On Whether it is Possible to Understand Karl Barth as a post-Holocaust Theologian,Mark R. Lindsay(MCD University of Divinity, Australia)

Chapter 2
Advent Sermon 1933, Karl Barth (Introduction and Translation by Michael Owen, Murdoch University, Australia)

Chapter 3
The Covenant of Grace Fulfilled in Christ as the Foundation of the Indissoluble Solidarity of the Church with Israel: Barth's Position on the Jews During the Hitler Era,Eberhard Busch(Karl Barth Institute Gottingen, Germany)

Chapter 4
The Jewish Samaritan: Karl Barth's Ethical Critique of the V?lkisch Church,Faye Bodley-Dangelo(Harvard Divinity School, USA)

Chapter 5
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