Matthias Gockel

Barth and Schleiermacher on the Doctrine of Election

A Systematic-Theological Comparison

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Produktbeschreibung

The first detailed comparison between the theologies of Friedrich Schleiermacher and the early dialectical theology of Karl Barth. Matthias Gockel shows that the doctrine of election in Barth's early theology bears a remarkable resemblance to the position of Schleiermacher. He challenges the conventional wisdom that these two positions - or liberal theology' and dialectical theology' - stand in irreconcilable opposition. Barth articulates a fresh assessment of the doctrine not only in Church Dogmatics II/2, but in the second edition of his Epistle to the Romans and in his first series of lectures on Systematic Theology, the so-called G ttingen Dogmatics. Hence, a resemblance between Schleiermacher and Barth is already discernible in Barth's early theology - at a time when he was writing his most virulent criticisms of Schleiermacher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 219mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780199203222
• ISBN-10: 0199203229
• Artikelnr.: 21309521

Autorenporträt

Matthias Gockel is assistant pastor in a congregation near Wittenberg, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Probing the Tradition: Schleiermacher's Revision of the Doctrine
in his Essay onElection
* 2: A Universal Predestination to Salvation in Christ: The Doctrine of
Election in `The Christian Faith'
* 3: From Reprobation to Election: Barth's Revision of the Doctrine of
Election in his Second `Commentary on Romans'
* 4: To Believe or not to Believe: The Doctrine of Election in the
`Gottingen Dogmatics'
* 5: Barth's Christological Revolution
* Conclusion