Karl Barth and American Evangelicalism

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, August 2011. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Previous owner's name and green mark on inside front cover. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Appears unread. .............. ...................... ...................... TOC: PART I. Historical context -- 'How can an elephant understand a whale and vice versa?' : the Dutch origins of Cornelius Van Til's appraisal of Karl Barth / George Harinck -- Beyond the battle for the Bible : what evangelicals missed in Van Til's critique of Barth / D.G. Hart -- ------------------ ------------- PART II. Philosophical and theological analysis -- Karl Barth, American evangelicals, and Kant / John E. Hare -- A theology of experience? : Karl Barth and the transcendental argument / Clifford B. Anderson -- Covenant, election, and Incarnation : evaluating Barth's actualist Christology / Michael S. Horton -- History in harmony : Karl Barth on the hypostatic union / Adam Neder -- The church in Karl Barth and evangelicalism : conversations across the aisle / Kimlyn J. Bender -- The being and act of the church : Barth and the future of evangelical ecclesiology / Keith L. Johnson -- So that he may be merciful to all : Karl Barth and the problem of universalism / Bruce L. McCormack -- Evangelical questioning of election in Barth : a pneumatological perspective from the Reformed heritage / Suzanne McDonald -- -------------- ------------------ PART III. Contemporary trajectories -- But did it really happen? : Frei, Henry, and Barth on historical reference and critical realism / Jason A. Springs -- No comprehensive views, no final conclusions : Karl Barth, open-ended dogmatics, and the emerging church / John R. Franke -- Ontological violence and the covenant of grace : an engagement between Karl Barth and radical orthodoxy / Kevin W. Hector -- Stanley Hauerwas and Karl Barth : matters of Christology, church, and state / Todd V. Cioffi -- Afterword : reflections on Van Til's critique of Barth / Bruce L. McCormack. ................. ........................ ..................... This innovative collection seeks to build bridges between the theology of Karl Barth and contemporary American evangelicalism and provide the impetus for moving evangelical engagement with Barth to a new level. The scholarly insights offered here shed much light on current trends in Protestant theology and show how Barth’s thought can enrich evangelical interaction with current theological movements. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.