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Title: Karl Barth on the Christian Life

Karl Barth on the Christian Life

The Practical Knowledge of God

by Joseph L. Mangina (Author)
©2001 Monographs XVI, 228 Pages
Theology & Philosophy
Series: Issues in Systematic Theology, Volume 8

Summary

This book examines a little-known facet of Karl Barth’s theology: his account of the practical or self-involving character of faith. Joseph L. Mangina helps to dispel the myth of Barth as an enemy of the human subject by guiding the reader through key texts from the Church Dogmatics. Examining such themes as religious experience, sin, emotion, and moral agency, Mangina shows that Barth is not merely a skilled dogmatic theologian, but a thoughtful and sensitive interpreter of the Christian life.

Details

Pages
XVI, 228
Year
2001
ISBN (Hardcover)
9780820450438
Language
English
Keywords
faith myth sin emotion moral agency
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien, 2001. XVI, 228 pp.

Biographical notes

Joseph L. Mangina (Author)

The Author: Joseph L. Mangina is Assistant Professor of Theology at Wycliffe College, Toronto. He received his M.Div. from Yale Divinity School and his Ph.D. from Yale University and has taught at Connecticut College, Le Moyne College, and Yale University. The author of published essays on Barth’s ecclesiology and ethics, Mangina is writing a book on Barth’s significance for contemporary ecumenical Christianity.

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