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Barth's Interpretation of the Virgin Birth - A Sign of Mystery (Paperback)
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Barth's Interpretation of the Virgin Birth - A Sign of Mystery (Paperback)
Series: Barth Studies
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The doctrine of the virgin birth is intricately woven within the
texture of the liturgy, theology and piety of all branches of the
Christian Church. In spite of its enduring influence, the doctrine
has been dogged by criticism, particularly in the modern era. By
the 20th century, the teaching of the virgin birth was rejected by
the majority of Protestant theologians in Europe. Rejecting the
conclusion of many of his contemporaries-including that of his own
father-the Swiss theologian, Karl Barth (1886-1968), argued
vehemently that, understood aright, the doctrine of the virgin
birth plays a crucial role in Christian thought. Barth's legacy in
this regard is widely regarded as providing the most influential
rehabilitation of the doctrine among Protestants. This book offers
a comprehensive account and analysis of Barth's interpretation of
the doctrine of the virgin birth. Setting the doctrine in the
context of the western Christian tradition, Resch examines it in
relation to Barth's discussions in the Church Dogmatics of
Christology, pneumatology and the interpretation of Scripture. The
importance of this study lies in the way that it reveals Barth's
continuity and discontinuity with both the classical Augustinian
tradition of interpreting the virgin birth and the criticisms of
the modern era, but especially in the way in which attention to
Barth's doctrine of the virgin birth reveals his assumptions about
the nature of history, humanity and the identity of Jesus Christ.
As a 'fitting' sign of the mystery of the incarnation, Barth argued
that the virgin birth expressed the dialectic of God's 'No' to sin
and 'Yes' to humanity in his free act of revelation and
reconciliation. As such, the doctrine of the virgin birth
functioned for Barth as a paradigm through which to understand the
fashion of God's work upon human beings and the suitable posture of
the human being before God.
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