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Book SynopsisKarl Barth is often assumed to have been hostile to philosophy, wilfully ignorant of it, or too indebted to its conclusions for his own theological good. These truisms of twentieth-century theology are challenged in this original and comprehensive account of Barth''s understanding of the relationship between theology and philosophy. Drawing upon a range of material from Barth''s earliest writings (1909) up until interviews and roundtable discussions that took place shortly before his death (1968), Kenneth Oakes offers a developmental account of Barth''s thoughts on philosophy and theology. Beginning with the nineteenth-century intellectual background to Barth''s earliest theology, Oakes presents the young and ''liberal'' Barth''s understanding of the relationship between theology and philosophy and then tracks this understanding throughout the rest of Barth''s career. While Barth never finally settled on a single, fixed account of theology and philosophy, there was still a great deal o
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. The Earlier Barth ; 2. Reading Paul amidst and after the Great War ; 3. Philosophy, Preaching, and Prolegomena ; 4. The Roaring Later Twenties ; 5. Barth s Third Prolegomenon ; 6. Philosophy, Ethics, Creation ; 7. After Thoughts ; Conclusion: The Positive Protest
