Barth and Schleiermacher on the Doctrine of Election: A Systematic-Theological Comparison (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199203222)

The first detailed comparison between the theologies of Friedrich Schleiermacher and the early dialectical theology of Karl Barth. Matthias Gockel shows that the doctrine of election in Barth's early theology bears a remarkable resemblance to the position of Schleiermacher. He challenges the conventional wisdom that these two positions - or liberal theology' and dialectical theology' - stand in irreconcilable opposition. Barth articulates a fresh assessment of the doctrine not only in Church Dogmatics II/2, but in the second edition of his Epistle to the Romans and in his first series of lectures on Systematic Theology, the so-called Gtingen Dogmatics. Hence, a resemblance between Schleiermacher and Barth is already discernible in Barth's early theology - at a time when he was writing his most virulent criticisms of Schleiermacher.

Author: Matthias Gockel
ISBN-10: 0199203229
ISBN-13: 9780199203222
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2007
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.61h x 5.70w x 0.72d