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Ausgabe:

November/2017

Spalte:

1242–1243

Kategorie:

Dogmen- und Theologiegeschichte

Autor/Hrsg.:

Worthington, Ethan A.

Titel/Untertitel:

The Claim of God. Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Sanctification in His Earlier Theology.

Verlag:

Cambridge: James Clarke (Lutterworth) 2016. 262 S. Kart. £ 19,50. ISBN 978-0-227-17589-7.

Rezensent:

Joshua Kira

The Claim of God by Ethan A. Worthington is the recent publica-tion of a dissertation out of King’s College, University of Aberdeen. Under the guidance of the late John Webster, W. chronologically traces Barth’s understanding of sanctification in his pre-dogmatic works. W. perceives his project as an attempt to remedy the lack of study of the Swiss theologian’s early work, as well as to counteract some of the misunderstandings of how Barth relates the ethical sphere to the spiritual life of the redeemed. In both of these goals, he is largely successful, though there are a few ways in which his work could have been improved.
The Claim of God begins with Barth’s turn from liberalism and follows the major steps in his transformation, under the influence of ...


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