Conversing with Barth

John C. McDowell, University of Edinburgh, UK and Mike Higton, University of Exeter, UK.

Contents: Preface, Nicholas Lash; Introduction: Karl Barth as conversationalist, Mike Higton and John C. McDowell; 'There is no past in the Church, so there is no past in theology': Barth on the history of modern Protestant theology, John Webster; Culture and barbarism: Barth amongst the students of culture, Timothy Gorringe; Barth, Hegel and the possibility for Christian apologetics, Graham Ward; A tale of two simultaneities: justification and sanctification in Calvin and Barth, George Hunsinger; Exile, freedom and thanksgiving: Barth and Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ben Quash; The fulfilment of history in Barth, Frei, Auerbach and Dante, Mike Higton; 'Mend your speech a little': reading Karl Barth's das Nichtige through Donald MacKinnon's tragic vision, John C. McDowell; The eclipse of the spirit in Karl Barth, Eugene F. Rogers Jr.; Et resurrexit tertia die: Jenson and Barth on Christ's resurrection, Katherine Sonderegger; Fighting at the command of God: reassessing the borderline case in Karl Barth's account of war in the Church Dogmatics, David Clough; Afterword: conversing with Barth, David Ford; Index of names.