When Karl met Lollo: the origins and consequences of Karl Barth's relationship with Charlotte von Kirschbaum

This paper extends the scope of earlier studies of Karl Barth's relationship with Charlotte von Kirschbaum by exploring his marriage to Nelly Barth and the deterioration in their relationship in the 1920s. It traces the development and character of Barth's relationship with Kirschbaum, and...

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Published in:Scottish journal of theology
Main Author: Plant, Stephen J. 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2019]
In: Scottish journal of theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Barth, Karl 1886-1968 / Kirschbaum, Charlotte von 1899-1975 / Barth, Nelly 1893-1976
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDD Protestant Church
Further subjects:B Church Dogmatics
B Karl Barth
B Charlotte von Kirschbaum
B Nelly Barth
B Marriage
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Summary:This paper extends the scope of earlier studies of Karl Barth's relationship with Charlotte von Kirschbaum by exploring his marriage to Nelly Barth and the deterioration in their relationship in the 1920s. It traces the development and character of Barth's relationship with Kirschbaum, and the Notgemeinschaft (emergency community) they formed with Nelly. The paper makes use of Nelly Barth's unpublished letters to her family in which she accounts for her reluctance to divorce her husband in the early 1930s. The second half of the paper explores the impact of Barth's relationship with Kirschbaum on others and goes on to suggest ways in which this had consequences for his theology, particularly in his thinking in Church Dogmatics III/4 about the relation between man and woman.
ISSN:1475-3065
Contains:Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0036930619000012