An Overview of Karl Barth’s Theology: Focused on the Doctrines of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit
Article Sidebar
Main Article Content
Abstract
Karl Barth, the founder of neo-orthodoxy, is one of the most influential theologians in the modern Christian world. He has turned the direction of the stream of Protestant theology in the twentieth century. The purpose of this study was to give an overview of the theology of Karl Barth. This is useful in order to gain an accurate grasp of the trends in modern Christian theology. After a brief survey of his life and works, this study provides an overview of Barth’s theology, focusing on three major areas of his theology: the doctrines of God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. In order to give a better understanding of trends in modern Christian theology, Barth’s emphasis upon the transcendence of God, the centrality of Jesus Christ in Christian theology, and the importance of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity cannot be ignored. In a word, Barth’s theology has both a continuity with and a discontinuity from liberal theology at the same time.
Article Details
Copyright: Asia-Pacific International University reserve exclusive rights to publish, reproduce and distribute the manuscript and all contents therein.
References
Barth, K. (1928). The word of God and the word of man (D. Horton, Trans.). Boston, MA: Pilgrim Press.
Barth, K. (1936). Church dogmatics, volume 1, part 1: The doctrine of the word of God (G. Thompson, Trans.). Edinburgh, UK: T. & T. Clark.
Barth, K. (1949). Dogmatics in outline (G. T. Thomson, Trans.). New York, NY: Philosophical Library.
Barth, K. (1955). The knowledge of God and the service of God: Gifford lectures (J. Haire & I. Henderson, Trans.). London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton.
Barth, K. (1956). Church dogmatics, volume 1, part 2: The doctrine of the word of God (G. Thompson, Trans.). Edinburgh, UK: T. & T. Clark.
Barth, K. (1958a). Church dogmatics, volume 3, part 1: The doctrine of creation (J. Edwards, O. Bussey, & H. Knight, Trans.). Edinburgh, UK: T. & T. Clark.
Barth, K. (1958b). Church dogmatics, volume 4, part 1: The doctrine of reconciliation (G. Bromely & T. Torrance, Trans.). Edinburgh, UK: T. & T. Clark.
Barth, K. (1958c). Church dogmatics, volume 4, part 2: The doctrine of reconciliation. (G. Bromely, Trans.). Edinburgh, UK: T. & T. Clark.
Barth, K. (1960). The knowledge of God and the service of God according to the teaching of the reformation (4th ed.) (J. Haire, & L. Henderson, Trans.). London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton.
Barth, K. (1968). The epistle to the Romans (E. Hoskyns, Trans.). London, UK: Oxford University Press.
Barth, K. (1993). The Holy Spirit and the Christian life: The theological basis of ethics (R. Hoyle, Trans.). Louisville, KN: Westminster John Knox Press.
Barth, K. (1966). How I changed my mind. Edinburgh, UK: The Saint Andrews press.
Bromiley, G. (1979). An introduction to the theology of Karl Barth. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Brown, C. (1978). Barth, Karl. In J. Douglas (Ed.), The new international dictionary of the Christian church (pp. 697–698). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
Busch, E. (2004). The great passion: An introduction to Karl Barth's theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans.
Busch, E. (1976). Karl Barth: His life from letters and autobiographical texts. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress.
Erickson, M. (1998). Christian theology (2nd ed.). Grand Rapids, MI: Baker.
Godsey, J. (1966). Barth’s life until 1928. In K. Barth, How I changed my mind (pp. 21–22). Edinburgh, UK: The Saint Andrews Press, 1966.
Hart, T. (1999). Regarding Karl Barth: Toward a reading of his theology. Leicester, MA: InterVarsity Press.
Kantzer, K. (1958). The Christology of Karl Barth. Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1(2), 25–28.
Mueller, D. (1972). Karl Barth, makers of the modern theological mind. Waco, TX: Word Book.
Peerman, D., & Marty, M. (1965). A handbook of Christian theologians. Cleveland, NY: World Publication.
Reid, D., Linder, R., Shelley, B., & Stout, H. (1990). New orthodoxy. In Dictionary of Christianity in America. Downer Groves, IL: Intervarsity Press.
Torrance, T. (1962). Karl Barth: An introduction to his early theology, 1910-1931. London, UK: SCM Press.