The general goal of this book is to add one more voice to the
growing chorus of opinion that the theologies of Friedrich
Schleiermacher and Karl Barth may have far more in common that the
many insistent assertions of the latter, or the partisans of
either, would lead one to believe. While there can be no easy
reconciliation of the differences which do in fact exist between
these two figures, the book will argue that these differences do
not always stem from irreconcilable starting points. This book will
investigate one aspect of their theologies--the doctrine of
Creation.
The thesis of the book asserts that both Barth and Schleiermacher
take a Christological orientation to the doctrine of Creation.
Approaching their theologies in this fashion allows them to solve
the problem of maintaining dogmatic coherence and continuity with
the Church's historic confessions while also meeting certain
modern, external intellectual demands confronting those systems. To
put it more sharply, this study claims that each uses Christ as the
hermeneutical key for interpreting Creation, and that each does so
in an effort to remain true to the faith handed down from the past
while maintaining intellectual integrity in the present. This
underlying connection perceptible in both Barth's and
Schleiermacher's work forges one continuity between them and
suggests that there may be certain fundamental similarities in
their respective theologies in spite of other well-known
differences.
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