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Karl Barth ( / bɑːrt, bɑːrθ /; [1] German: [bart]; 10 May 1886 – 10 December 1968) was a Swiss Reformed theologian.
May 9, 2024 · Karl Barth (born May 10, 1886, Basel, Switzerland—died December 9/10, 1968, Basel) was one of the most influential Protestant theologians of the 20th century who radically changed Protestant thought in his emphasis of the “wholly otherness of God.”
The theology of the Swiss theologian Karl Barth (1886–1968) evolved over the course of his life but roared through the theological world of the twentieth century like a tsunami, challenging the liberal theological systems that ruled the academy and many churches of his day.
Shocking liberalism. He started out life conventionally enough: he was born in Basel, Switzerland, the son of Fritz Barth (pronounced "bart"), a professor of New Testament and early church...
Karl Barth (1886-1968) was the most important Swiss theologian of the twentieth century, with an influence far beyond Switzerland. He is considered alongside Thomas Aquinas , Jean Calvin, and Friedrich Schleiermacher to be one of the greatest thinkers within the history of the Christian tradition.
Karl Barth was an extremely productive writer who, during his lifetime, published more than 600 works. Most of them held importance to his body of work and contributed to his status as one of the most important thinkers within Christian history.
The distinctive features of Karl Barth’s theology remain the subject of considerable debate and ongoing investigation. But some widely agreed upon features can be acknowledged. Before it was anything else, Barth’s theology was a theology of the Word of God.
