Karl Barth and Post-Reformation Orthodoxy - 9781472448354

Taylor & Francis

In this book, Rinse Reeling Brouwer identifies the sources of Barth\u2019s conversation and analyses Barth\u2019s use and his (mis)understandings of them. He sketches Barth\u2019s treatment of some authors that are representative for successive stages of the elder protestant theology. Each chapter focuses on one of the topics in Christian Dogmatics, with the last chapter exploring the way in which Barth\u2019s role as a pupil of Heppe influenced the ultimate shaping of the Church Dogmatics. > Throughout his magnum opus, Church Dogmatics, Karl Barth converses with the great theologians of post-reformation orthodoxy, quoting from works in his private collection. When Barth became Honorary Professor of Reformed Theology at the University of G\u00C3\u00B6ttingen in 1921, his knowledge of the Reformed tradition was practically non-existent; he quickly amassed his collection of ancient copies in order to acquire a thorough knowledge of orthodoxy. In Karl Barth and Post-Reformation Orth.