"The Christian in society" : reading Barth's Tambach lecture (1919) in its German context

Kritzinger, J.N.J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950-

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"The Christian in society" : reading Barth's Tambach lecture (1919) in its German context

Kritzinger, J.N.J. (Johannes Nicolaas Jacobus), 1950-

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/11786

Date: 2007

Abstract:

This article analyses Karl Barth’s 1919 Tambach lecture on “The Christian in society” in the context of post World War I Europe. After describing Barth’s early life and his move away from liberal theology, the five sections of the Tambach lecture are analysed. Barth’s early dialectical theology focussed on: Neither secularising Christ nor clericalising society; Entering God’s movement in society; Saying Yes to the world as creation (regnum naturae); Saying No to evil in society (regnum gratiae); respecting God’s reign as beyond our attempts (regnum gloriae).

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