Karl Barth

Chung, Paul S.

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“…Barth sees reconciliation as a transformation of society toward justice. 107 Pieris is not interested in reconciliation because of his view of the exclusive covenant between Jesus and the oppressed.…”

Section: Rethinking Sin-oriented and Victim-oriented Liberation Theologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Karl Barth a Liberation Theologian? New Perspectives on Barth in Asia

Moe

2019

The Expository Times

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Because of his methodology grounded in “Christology from above,” Barth is often seen as a theologian of revelation, not as a liberation theologian. This article contends that an authentic liberation theology is grounded in both “Christology from above and below.” The article argues that, although Barth’s writings chronologically preceded the birth of liberation theology as a major expression of Majority World theology, he can be hermeneutically reconsidered as a “political liberation theologian” in our contemporary contexts. The article justifies new perspectives on seeing Barth as a political liberation theologian by looking at his Christological models of pastoral advocacy for grassroots communities in Safenwil village, his theo-political hermeneutics of the Barmen Declaration against Nazism, and his liberative hermeneutics of church identity and ethics. The article then brings Barth into dialogue with Aloysius Pieris, who extensively writes Asian liberation and political theology. Using dialectical dialogue as a methodology, the article compares and contrasts Barth with Pieris by synthesizing how each theologian complements what the other fails to say, rather than how one competes the other.

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Section: Rethinking Sin-oriented and Victim-oriented Liberation Theologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Is Karl Barth a Liberation Theologian? New Perspectives on Barth in Asia

Moe

2019

The Expository Times

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Barth and Socialism

Pangritz¹

2019

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Karl Barth

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The decay of Western liberalism and the Christological alternative

Wood

2018

Global Discourse

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Recent election results across the Western world have seen the resurgence of authoritarian and nativist forms of politics. Key shibboleths of liberal democracy have come under fierce attack from burgeoning populist movements. Calls for a return to homogenous national identities and firm lines of cultural belonging increasingly eclipse values of social openness, pluralism and multiculturalism. In such a febrile atmosphere, it might be legitimate to ask, is Western liberalism in a state of decay? And if so, how should Christian communities respond to such a development? Drawing constructively on the work of Karl Barth and E.M Forster, this article argues that the fragmentation of liberal values risks making secular culture less receptive to the distinctive summons of the Christian message. Chiefly imperilled by such disintegration is the pedagogical capacity of political liberalism to sensitise otherwise secular citizens to notions of universal community, which lie at the centre of the Gospel's subversive social imaginary. In a world where ‘nation’ and ‘ethnicity’ are again compelling rivals for the West's civic affections, liberal politics must recover a public creed which grounds the language of liberty in a robust account of community, friendship and care.

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Karl Barth

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Is Karl Barth a Liberation Theologian? New Perspectives on Barth in Asia

Is Karl Barth a Liberation Theologian? New Perspectives on Barth in Asia

Barth and Socialism

The decay of Western liberalism and the Christological alternative

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