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Heinrich Emil Brunner (1889–1966) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Along with Karl Barth, he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement.
Emil Brunner, Swiss theologian in the Reformed tradition who helped direct the course of modern Protestant theology. A leading exponent of neoorthodoxy, Brunner sought to reaffirm the central themes of the Protestant Reformation against the liberal theologies of the late 19th century.
Emil Brunner (1889-1966) was a highly influential Swiss theologian who, along with Karl Barth, is associated with Neo-Orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement. Ordained in the Swiss Reformed Church, Brunner served as a pastor at Obstalden, Switzerland, from 1916 to 1924.
May 14, 2012 · Emil Brunner was a systematic theologian who, along with Karl Barth and Rudolf Bultmann, attempted to provide an updated orthodox response to the rationalistic liberalism that became prominent in the late nineteenth century. He wrote his Dogmatics in three volumes between 1949 and 1962.
Jul 10, 2024 · Like Barth and most of his contemporaries in theological study, Brunner started in the liberal camp, and his first important book, Mysticism and the Word (1927), was a critical discussion of the whole trend of Protestant theology since the collapse of verbal inspirationism.
From the city, Brunner “looked out upon the whole world as the sphere of Christ’s church and the vast home of men and women who need to hear and believe the Gospel” (“Emil Brunner—Teacher Unsurpassed,” Theology Today 19, 533).
May 18, 2018 · Emil Brunner (1889-1966), Swiss Reformed theologian, was a principal contributor to what came to be known popularly (though inaccurately) as "neo-orthodoxy," which was in opposition to late 19th and early 20th century "liberal" Protestant theology.
