Revelatory Positivism Barth's Earliest Theology and the Marburg School [Hardcover]

Filling a gap in scholarship on 19th- and 20th-century religious thought, this book discusses the philosophy and theology of the influential Marburg School in Germany before 1914, focusing on the writings of Hermann Cohen, its leader, and on the Ritschlian theologian Wilhelm Herrmann, Karl Barth's teacher. In addition, Fisher examines Barth's earliest writings and clarifies the little-known liberal phase of Barth's theology.

Fisher's generous approach and economy of style make this book a pleasure to read, and his command of German philosophy in relation to Barth's Marburg theology is a seminal contribution to the understanding of a period critical to the development of modern theology. --Journal of Religion