1. The intellectual background to Karl Barth 2. Barth's development up to Romans 3. The decade after Romans 4. The basis, task and situation of theology 5. Barth on the Trinity and the personal God 6. The being of God as the one who loves in freedom 7. Election according to Church Dogmatics 2/2 8. Ethics Church Dogmatics Chapter VIII 9. Barth and the knowlegde of God 10. Barth's doctrine of reconciliation in Church Dogmatics IV/1-2 11. Church Dogmatics IV/1, 59.1 The way of the son into the far country 12. Atonement as divine act 13. Platonism and Exemplarism in Barth's Christology 14. Christ the mediator in Karl Barth's theology 15. Reconciliation and the believer 16. Barth on creation
This title is the long awaited edition of the Barth lectures by one of the most renowned theologians of our time, Colin Gunton.
Paul Brazier holds a degree in Fine Art, in Education and also
Theology; a teacher for 20 years. He recently completed a PhD on
Barth, Thurneysen and Dostoevsky (Paternoster 2007).
Colin E. Gunton was Professor of Christian Doctrine, King's
College, London, UK, and a Minister of the United
Reformed Church.
One of the best introductions to Barth's theological thought and a
moving document of Colin Gunton's style of doing theology.
*Christoph Schwobel*
"The book has the feel and the language of what we expect from a
Gunton book, but it also retains the feel of Gunton the
teacher...This all makes the book a great read...If you've never
read Barth, Gunton's book is a great place to start. If you've
never read Gunton, The Barth Lectures are also a great place to
start, because they show him engaging with the theologian that most
shaped his theology." - Andy Goodliff, website review
*Andy Goodliff*
"One of the best books published this year, and deserves a very
wide readership by those who want to really engage with the
Christian faith and the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Word of
God."
*Baptist Times*
"We should all take Gunton's advice and read as much of Barth as we
can because 'the people that write about him are much more boring
than he is' (p. 9)! However, we may like to make at least one
exception with The Barth Lectures." -Scott Harrower, Themelios
'This is an unusual, and unusually enjoyable book for several
reasons. First, it is a lasting memorial to Colin Gunton's skill
and passion as a theological educator...Second they were so
faithfully heard and transcribed that those privileged to be there,
can hear the voice, envisage the face, recall the energy and
passion of Gunton in full theological flow. Third, the book is one
person's transcribed and edited account (Paul Brazier) of the views
of one of the best British theologians in a generation (Colin
Gunton), expounding the 20th Century's most influential European
Protestant Theologian (Karl Barth). Fourth, because the lectures
are recorded pretty much verbatim, and with diagrams and charts and
explanatory sections and questions for further discussion, the book
reads often like a handbook to major divisions of the Church
Dogmatics, with short focused sections making up carefully
structured chapters. This series of lectures provide as accessible
a way up into Barth's higher altitudes as I know...These lectures
demonstrate how to engage with Barth, to use him as a massive
presence to be tackled because he is there, and then to start
climbing.' The Living Wittily blog
ttp://livingwittily.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/this-book-was-m.html
Title mention in Theology, January 2008
"This is a quirky and fantastic introduction to the theology of
Karl Barth...The Barth Lectures is a concise and very readable
introduction to the theology of Karl Barth by one of the foremost
English theologians of the twentieth century. The transcriptions,
which include solecisms characteristic of off-the-cuff ruminations,
come across as charming rather than annoying and are able to bring
Barth's lofty ideas down with clear descriptions. Perhaps the
book's most important contribution is Gunton's occasional call to
his students to read Barth for oneself. "You must read it!" he
pleads at several points. Because of Gunton's insight and obvious
enthusiasm for the subject, his reader is certain to do just that."
-Andrew Zack Lewis, Religious Studies Review, September 2008
"A remarkable book ... The whole of the lectures weave together
strands of theology, historical theology, theologians and meaning
in such a helpful way that a theological student might well ask,
why didn't I travel to London and study with Gunton for a time?"
Ashland Theological Journal
"The lecture material is presented in an engaging and lucid
fashion. Offering an approach which manages to introduce the novice
in an accessible way to something of the vision and profundity of
Barth's theological enterprise is a significant achievement in its
own right. Second, the lecture transcripts preserve a number of
comments and asides in which G. makes percipient observations and
raises pertinent questions about the work of Barth ... Third, the
lecture format allows for there to be communicated clearly and
immediately the enthusiasm of G. for theology in general and for
Barth in particular." Theologische Literaturzeitung,
2009
"A foreword by Christoph Scwobel and a warm introduction by Steve
Holmes prepare us for one of the freshest introductions to Barth
available. Again, we are placed in Professor Gunton's debt."
Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology
"Not all readers will agree, of course, that the East/West divide
is quite as stark as Gunton seemed to believe, or that all our
problems can be traced back to St. Augustine. Especially beginners
in Barth-studies should be made aware that these are questiones
disputatae.But it is part of Gunton's generosity of spirit that his
disagreements with Barth are never obtrusive. His criticisms are
tentative, probing, and qualified with a slew of 'maybes' and 'I
think's'. Whether or not one resonates with Gunton's critique of
Barth, or with his own brand of neo-Cappadocian Evangelicalism,
these lectures are the chance to see an agile theological mind
delighting in a great subject. They also wonderfully model the
virtue of charity in theological discussion." -- Joseph Mangina,
Wycliffe College, Modern Theology
*Modern Theology*
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