Introduction by Colin E. Gunton
Interest in Karl Barth is running at unprecedented levels in the
English-speaking world, and it is high time that his excellent
survey of formative eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Protestant
thinkers be made available again to theological students and
general readers.
Featuring an extensive introduction by Colin E. Gunton that
recontextualizes and reintroduces Barth's work for a new
generation, this book provides a superb review of the shapers of
modern Protestant thought and practice. Barth offers insightful
readings of all the most significant figures of the modern period
-- Rousseau, Lessing, Kant, Hegel, Schleiermacher, Feuerbach,
Ritschl, and others -- as well as several lesser-known thinkers.
Also included here are Barth--s preface to the original 1946 German
edition and a translation of his hard-to-find essay On the Task of
a History of Modern Protestant Theology.
In addition to providing insight into some of the church's
seminal theologians, this volume offers an excellent look at Barth
himself. In capturing Barth's personal views on doctrine, the
church, and intellectual history, the book also provides valuable
background reading for those studying Barth's own theology.
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