tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post115209231392175000..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Kurt Anders Richardson: Reading Karl BarthBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1152139921953003952006-07-05T18:52:00.000-04:002006-07-05T18:52:00.000-04:00Thanks for the linkage.Peace,JamieThanks for the linkage.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>JamieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1152094676610379942006-07-05T06:17:00.000-04:002006-07-05T06:17:00.000-04:00It's quite an interesting book, Ben. It argues th...It's quite an interesting book, Ben. It argues that the hermeneutical key for understanding <I>CD</I> is reading it "back-to-front" through the "lens" of <I>CD</I> IV/4. Along the way Richardson engages the best of contemporary Barth exegetes (Jüngel, Webster, McCormack), tackles the question of Barth and postmodernity (Levinas, Derrida, Ward), spends some serious time with Barth's doctrine of baptism, and has some interesting asides as well (e.g. on Charlotte von Kirschbaum: "it must be said that the work of Karl Barth is the product of not one but two theologians").<BR/><BR/>However, I must admit that I remember the book most of all because of the context in which I read it: post-Easter 2005 on a beach in Antigua! "A real sand-and-sun thriller!" my wife mocked me. "It is," I replied, completely deadpan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com