Karl Barth

A Future for Postmodern Theology?

edited by Geoff Thompson and Christiaan Mostert

Book cover: Karl Barth

Extent: 306 pages

Publisher: ATF Press

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(December 2000)

ISBN: 9781925612332

Price: $23.95

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What do the colon and the question mark in the title signify? Does the colon denote relatedness or separation? What is the effect of the question mark? Does the interrogative question the future of Karl Barth’s approach to theology, make a claim for Barth as a postmodern theologian, or challenge the notion of postmodern theology altogether? These papers pose sharply the question of how the name Karl Barth and the term postmodern relate, or, more pointedly, how or whether theology as understood and practised by Barth and self-declared postmodern theology have anything to do with each other at all. From the epilogue by Wes Campbell

Abbreviations Contributors Introduction Geoff Thompson and Christiaan Mostert Part One Barth and Postmodern Theology: A Fruitful Confrontation? John Webster 1. Barth, Modernity And Postmodernity 2. The Grand Narrative of Jesus Christ: Barth's Christology 3. Rescuing The Subject: Barth And Postmodern Anthropology Part Two Studying Barth: Persistent Issues 4. Barth and Pannenberg on Method, Revelation and Trinity Christiaan Mostert 5. Joy in the Church Dogmatics? A Neglected Theme John Capper 6. Dialectics of Communion: Dialectical Method and Barth's Defence of Israel Mark Lindsay Part Three Studying Barth in Postmodenity: Emerging Themes 7. Barth's Theology of Work and Vocation for a Postmodern World Gordon Preece 8. The Counterpart of Others: Some Questions for Barth's Doctrine of Reconciliation Nancy Victorin-Vangerud 9. 'Our lines and concepts continually break apart': Language, Mystery and God in Barth Geoff Thompson 10. Barth on Divine Simplicity: Some Implications for Life in a Complex World Stephen Pickard Part Four Theology After Barth & Beyond Modernity 11. Postliberal Theology and the Charge of Incorrigibility: A Misplaced Allegation? Bruce Barber 12. George Lindbeck's 'The Nature of Doctrine': Symptom or Cure? Craig Thompson 13. With and Beyond Barth?: John Milbank's Postmodern Christian Scoialism as an Alternative Modernity Trevor Hogan 14. Milbank and Barth: Comparisons and Contrasts from a Catholic Perspective Neil Ormerod 15. Epilogue Wes Campbell 16. Author Index 17. Subject Index

  • Edited by Christiaan Mostert
  • Edited by Geoff Thompson