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One of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century, Karl Barth is best known for his monumental Church Dogmatics, a work that changed the modern theological landscape.It is less well known that Barth taught three distinct cycles of courses in dogmatics during his lifetime. His first effort consisted of a series of lectures at the University of Göttingen in 1924-25. These provocative lectures are now available in English for the first time in The Göttingen Dogmatics: Instruction in the Christian Religion, a work that is at once accessible and profoundly pastoral.
Representing the only larger dogmatics ever completed by Barth, the Göttingen Dogmaticsprefigures the unfinished Christian Dogmatics of Münster and the Church Dogmatics of Bonn and Basel. This translation by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, the premier translator of Barth, offers in two volumes the full text of Barth's Göttingen lectures according to the excellent three-volume Swiss edition in the Gesamtausgabe (Collected Words).
In this first volume Barth defines dogmatics as "scientific reflection on the Word of God" — the Word that is (1) spoken by God in revelation, (2) recorded in holy scripture, and (3) proclaimed and heard in Christian preaching. After his lengthy prolegomena on the threefold form of the Word of God, Barth discusses in depth the doctrine of God. His treatment of the other major doctrinal loci in his preaching-oriented dogmatics — anthropology, reconciliation, and redemption (eschatology) — will appear in Volume Two.
Daniel L. Migliore, professor of systematic theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, has written a superb, substantive introduction that highlights the theological and historical significance of theGöttingen Dogmatics and compares this work with Barth's Church Dogmatics. Migliore points out, among other things, the intimate bond for Barth between dogmatics and preaching: in the Göttingen lectures we see a Barth "who tenaciously does theology — indeed defines theology — in relation to preaching and pastoral praxis."
Ministers, seminary students, scholars, and theologically minded general readers will all appreciate and benefit from the Göttingen Dogmatics. As Migliore writes, "These lectures not only provide exceedingly rich new material for understanding the development of Barth's thought but also offer a remarkably original, lively, and 'reader-friendly' summary of Barth's earthly theology. . . . The clarity, passion, originality, struggle, candor, and humor exhibited in these lectures will establish a permanent place for them in the history of twentieth-century theology."
Representing the only larger dogmatics ever completed by Barth, the Göttingen Dogmaticsprefigures the unfinished Christian Dogmatics of Münster and the Church Dogmatics of Bonn and Basel. This translation by Geoffrey W. Bromiley, the premier translator of Barth, offers in two volumes the full text of Barth's Göttingen lectures according to the excellent three-volume Swiss edition in the Gesamtausgabe (Collected Words).
In this first volume Barth defines dogmatics as "scientific reflection on the Word of God" — the Word that is (1) spoken by God in revelation, (2) recorded in holy scripture, and (3) proclaimed and heard in Christian preaching. After his lengthy prolegomena on the threefold form of the Word of God, Barth discusses in depth the doctrine of God. His treatment of the other major doctrinal loci in his preaching-oriented dogmatics — anthropology, reconciliation, and redemption (eschatology) — will appear in Volume Two.
Daniel L. Migliore, professor of systematic theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, has written a superb, substantive introduction that highlights the theological and historical significance of theGöttingen Dogmatics and compares this work with Barth's Church Dogmatics. Migliore points out, among other things, the intimate bond for Barth between dogmatics and preaching: in the Göttingen lectures we see a Barth "who tenaciously does theology — indeed defines theology — in relation to preaching and pastoral praxis."
Ministers, seminary students, scholars, and theologically minded general readers will all appreciate and benefit from the Göttingen Dogmatics. As Migliore writes, "These lectures not only provide exceedingly rich new material for understanding the development of Barth's thought but also offer a remarkably original, lively, and 'reader-friendly' summary of Barth's earthly theology. . . . The clarity, passion, originality, struggle, candor, and humor exhibited in these lectures will establish a permanent place for them in the history of twentieth-century theology."
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(1886â1968) Karl Barth was professor of dogmatictheology at the University of Basel, Switzerland. He isconsidered by some to be the greatest Protestant theologianof the twentieth century and possibly the greatest sincethe Reformation. Among his most famous works are ChurchDogmatics and The Epistle to the Romans.
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H. Martin Rumscheidt
—Atlantic School of Theology
"The Göttingen Dogmatics is Barth's first venture at a scholarly dogmatics that has the form, order, and substance he believed necessary. It gives, therefore, important clues about how his theology was to proceed in taking its final, though unfinished, shape. For historical reasons alone this work is important, since the genesis and evolution of an influential theology are given here."
John D. Godsey
—Wesley Theological Seminary
"Having Barth's earliest lectures on dogmatics available after all these years is like finding buried treasure in one's backyard! What Barth has to say about theology, and especially about preaching, is so fresh and pertinent that I found it hard to put the book down. Barth's careful and convincing argument as to why Christian theology ought to be based on the Word of God rather than on pious experience needs to be heard today. . . . I can wholeheartedly recommend the Göttingen Dogmatics as a refreshing entrée into Barth's thinking about the humble yet crucial discipline called 'dogmatics.'"
—Atlantic School of Theology
"The Göttingen Dogmatics is Barth's first venture at a scholarly dogmatics that has the form, order, and substance he believed necessary. It gives, therefore, important clues about how his theology was to proceed in taking its final, though unfinished, shape. For historical reasons alone this work is important, since the genesis and evolution of an influential theology are given here."
John D. Godsey
—Wesley Theological Seminary
"Having Barth's earliest lectures on dogmatics available after all these years is like finding buried treasure in one's backyard! What Barth has to say about theology, and especially about preaching, is so fresh and pertinent that I found it hard to put the book down. Barth's careful and convincing argument as to why Christian theology ought to be based on the Word of God rather than on pious experience needs to be heard today. . . . I can wholeheartedly recommend the Göttingen Dogmatics as a refreshing entrée into Barth's thinking about the humble yet crucial discipline called 'dogmatics.'"
