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This perceptive study of the Protestant theologian Karl Barth decodes the most cryptic and elusive patterns of Barth's dialectic. Hunsinger here advances a new and authoritative interpretation of barth's mature theology, and places Barth's work in relation to contemporary discussions of truth, justified belief, double agency, and religious pluralism. Offering a fresh reading of the Church Dogmatics, Hunsinger uncovers a series of thought-forms that pervade and underlie Barth's work. He abandons the attempt to find one definite 'key' or 'central' concept in Barth's massive 10,000 page opus and instead presents a sophisticated array of motifs that serve as a guide to understanding the many facets of Barth's thought. How to Read Karl Barth offers a powerful account of the coherence of that multi-volumed work as a whole. Barth's thought.
| ISBN | 0195083695 | | DEWEY edition | DC12A | | ISBN13 | 9780195083699
(What's this?) | | Pages | 314 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Oxford University Press Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 397 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | New York | | Publication date | 29 Apr 1993 | | Height (mm) | 210 | | Non-book description | xv298 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | Library of Congress | 90031135 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | DEWEY | 230.092 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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"With this book George Hunsinger establishes himself not only as a leading Barth interpreter, but as one of the keenest minds of his generation working in doctrinal theology....[He] has moved Barth interpretation a major step forward. Lucid, tightly reasoned, elegantly structured and fluently written, this book rewards repeated reading. Not for connoisseurs of Barth only, the theological issues it addresses are so fundamental to any theology that students needing an introduction or pastors wanting a refresher course need look no further."--The Princeton Seminary Bulletin"A quite splendid and original book to be read and re-read by those who want to understand Barth."--Expository Times"Brings a rare thoroughness and carefulness to the daunting work of Barth interpretation....He admirably and aptly accounts for the complexity and richness of Barth. I anticipate How to Read Karl Barth will become a standard text that one will ignore at the peril of faulty Nachdenken and shallo  Be the first to write a customer review
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