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Karl Barth

Barth in 1956 Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary ''The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declaration, and especially his unfinished multi-volume theological summa the ''Church Dogmatics'' (published between 1932–1967). Barth's influence expanded well beyond the academic realm to mainstream culture, leading him to be featured on the cover of ''Time'' on 20 April 1962.

Like many Protestant theologians of his generation, Barth was educated in a liberal theology influenced by Adolf von Harnack, Friedrich Schleiermacher and others. His pastoral career began in the rural Swiss town of Safenwil, where he was known as the "Red Pastor from Safenwil". There he became increasingly disillusioned with the liberal Christianity in which he had been trained. This led him to write the first edition of his ''The Epistle to the Romans'' (a.k.a. Romans I), published in 1919, in which he resolved to read the New Testament differently.

Barth began to gain substantial worldwide acclaim with the publication in 1921 of the second edition of his commentary, ''The Epistle to the Romans'', in which he openly broke from liberal theology.

He influenced many significant theologians such as Dietrich Bonhoeffer who supported the Confessing Church, and Jürgen Moltmann, Helmut Gollwitzer, James H. Cone, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Rudolf Bultmann, Thomas F. Torrance, Hans Küng, and also Reinhold Niebuhr, Jacques Ellul, and novelists such as Flannery O'Connor, John Updike, and Miklós Szentkuthy.

Among many other areas, Barth has also had a profound influence on modern Christian ethics, influencing the work of ethicists such as Stanley Hauerwas, John Howard Yoder, Jacques Ellul and Oliver O'Donovan. Provided by Wikipedia
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    The word of God and the word of man by Barth, Karl, 1886-1968

    Published: Harper, 1957
    Description: vii, 327 pages ; 21 cm.
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    The faith of the Church by Barth, Karl, 1886-1968

    Published: Meridian Books, 1958
    Description: 188 pages.
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    Evangelical theology : an introduction by Barth, Karl, 1886-1968

    Published: Doubleday, 1964
    Description: xii, 184 pages ; 18 cm.
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    The epistle to the Romans by Barth, Karl, 1886-1968

    Published: Oxford University Press, 1963
    Description: xxi, 547 pages ; 23 cm.
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    Church dogmatics by Barth, Karl, 1886-1968

    Published: T. & T. Clark, 1956
    Description: 5 volumes in 14 ; 22 cm.
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