Theology and Economy ‘after’ Barth

The relation of theology and economy is a perennial theological challenge. Many contemporary theologians' understanding of this challenge is shaped by Karl Barth's attempt to resolve a set of tensions problematising this relation inherited from figures like Kant and Feuerbach. Barth ‘ident...

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Main Author: Michelson, Jared (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2024
In: Modern theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 600-625
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Barth, Karl 1886-1968 / Balthasar, Hans Urs von 1905-1988 / McCormack, Bruce L. 1952- / God / Salvation / Catholic theology
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBC Doctrine of God
NBK Soteriology
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Summary:The relation of theology and economy is a perennial theological challenge. Many contemporary theologians' understanding of this challenge is shaped by Karl Barth's attempt to resolve a set of tensions problematising this relation inherited from figures like Kant and Feuerbach. Barth ‘identified’ God's decision to be God with God's decision to be human. Further, he inconsistently but insistently claimed that the ‘form’ in which God reveals Godself in the person of Jesus somewhat isomorphically corresponds to God in Godself. The brilliance and yet instability of Barth's approach spawned a number of construals of theology and economy which depart from him in significant ways. I label these contemporary trajectories the post-Barthian temptation, Barthian revisionism, Barthian Balthasarianism, and Barthian catholicism and critically evaluate them, suggesting that Barthian catholicism is the most promising.
ISSN:1468-0025
Contains:Enthalten in: Modern theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/moth.12906