Product Overview
Written in 1951 (with a second edition in 1961), this book takes its place within an impressive array of attempts to wrestle with Karl Barth's theology from a Catholic point of view. The book adopts the twofold strategy of presenting an exposition of the whole of Barth's thought, while doing so for the purpose of a confessional dialogue among theologians. Not to be construed as an Introduction to the Theology of Karl Barth, Balthasar's effort is to provide a Catholic response which, though not official , nonetheless seeks to express a common direction and movement within Catholicism.
The Theology of Karl Barth shows how a rethinking of basic issues in fundamental theologyconcerning the relation of nature and grace, philosophy and theology, the analogy of being and the analogy of faith might lead to a rapprochement between the two great rivers of Christianity, without compromising the center of gravity of either. In the process the book makes a major contribution to renewed understanding of Christianity in a secularized modern world. Co-published with Communio Books.
