"Deprive Them of Their Pathos": Karl Barth and the Nazi Revolution Revisited

The role of Karl Barth's theology during the church struggle after the Nazi revolution in 1933 has been endlessly debated. I argue, first, that there is more continuity between "1925", "1933", and "1938" than most commentators have granted and that Barth never prom...

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Main Author: Rasmusson, Arne (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: Modern theology
Year: 2007, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 369-391
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Summary:The role of Karl Barth's theology during the church struggle after the Nazi revolution in 1933 has been endlessly debated. I argue, first, that there is more continuity between "1925", "1933", and "1938" than most commentators have granted and that Barth never promoted an apolitical option. Second, I maintain that his theological imagination was restrained by the practices and structures of German (and European) Protestantism and his own acceptance at this time of a Christendom order. The church that his theology presupposed did not really exist.
ISSN:1468-0025
Contains:Enthalten in: Modern theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2007.00388.x