"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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0025.2007.00388.x |