Barth's Ethics of Reconciliation

A major scholarly treatment of Karl Barth's ethics of reconciliation.

John Bainbridge Webster (Author)

9780521474993, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 June 1995

252 pages
22.4 x 14.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.428 kg

'A splendid exposition of Barth's ethics and a beautifully written way into Barth's thought.' Scottish Journal of Theology

John Webster provides a major scholarly analysis of the final sections of the Church Dogmatics. He focuses on the theme of human agency in Barth's late ethics and doctrine of baptism, placing the discussion in the context of an interpretation of the Dogmatics as an intrinsically ethical dogmatics. The first two chapters survey the themes of agency, covenant and human reality in the Dogmatics as a whole; later chapters give a thorough analysis of Church Dogmatics IV/4 and the posthumously published text The Christian Life. A final chapter examines the significance of Barth's work for contemporary accounts of moral selfhood. The book is important not only for a detailed analysis of a neglected part of Barth's oeuvre, but also because it casts into question much of what has hitherto been written about Barth's ethical dogmatics.

A note on references
Introduction
1. Revelation and God
2. Creation and reconciliation
3. The moral field
4. Baptism with the Holy Spirit
5. Baptism with water
6. The Christian life
7. 'The room of the gospel': Barth's moral ontology
Select secondary bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Christian theology [HRCM]