Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics: An Introduction and Reader

R. Michael Allen is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Knox Theological Seminary at Fort Lauderdale, USA.

• 1. Preface; 2. Karl Barth: An Introduction to His Life, Thought, and Writings; 3. Word of God in Its Threefold Form (CD I/1); 4. Trinity (CD I/1); 5. Incarnation and Mystery (CD IV/1; II/2); 6. "The Humanity of God" (from WJK book, The Humanity of God); 7. Natural Theology: Discussion with Catholicism and Neo-Protestantism; 8. Eternity (CD I/2); 9. Divine Impassibility (CD II/1); 10. Election of Jesus Christ (CD II/2); 11. Ethics and Theology (CD III/3; IV/1); 12. Genesis and Creation (CD III/1); 13. Man as Creature and Covenant-Partner of God: What is Freedom?; 14. Providence (CD III/3); 15. God and Nothingness: Sin as the Impossible Possibility; 16. Extra Nos - Pro Nobis - In Nobis (from The Thomist); 17. Obedience of the Son of God (CD IV/1); 18. Holy Spirit and the Gathering of the Christian Community; 19. Justification of Man (CD IV/1); 20. Exaltation of the Son of Man (CD IV/2); 21. Christian Life: Baptism as Test Case (CD IV/4); 22. "The Real Church" (from Scottish Journal of Theology); 23. Proclamation and Witness: The Community of the Word (CD IV/3.2); 24. The Threefold Parousia (CD IV/3); 25. Bibliography.

Embarking on the study of Barth's Church Dogmatics is no easy matter; this careful selection, with its perceptive introduction and commentaries, is an excellent guide to exploring one of the monumental texts of modern theology.