tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post115467130752696708..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: John Webster: Barth's earlier theologyBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1155059996471955182006-08-08T13:59:00.000-04:002006-08-08T13:59:00.000-04:00Yes, but it is in German. I work at the Barth Cen...Yes, but it is in German. I work at the Barth Center at Princeton Seminary, and we are currently putting together a complete bibliography in English of every item that has ever been written. Come visit! In the meantime, there is an online database searchable in English, German, and Dutch <A HREF="http://webserver.thuk.nl/barth/cgi-bin/index.cgi?taal=Eng" REL="nofollow">here</A>. It's not annotated, but it will serve you well for now. I update it on a regular basis.David W. Congdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009330707703611224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154916287971645992006-08-06T22:04:00.000-04:002006-08-06T22:04:00.000-04:00Anyone know of an annotated Barth bibliography?Anyone know of an annotated Barth bibliography?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154792288149454992006-08-05T11:38:00.000-04:002006-08-05T11:38:00.000-04:00Ben, thanks very much for that little snippet. No...Ben, thanks very much for that little snippet. Now I REALLY hope my brother got it for me....Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698562143972216357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154769918571289872006-08-05T05:25:00.000-04:002006-08-05T05:25:00.000-04:00"'Barth's Moral Theology' was published in North A..."'Barth's Moral Theology' was published in North America by Eerdmans -- and was a great deal cheaper than the T&T Clark edition! Does anyone know if any of the other titles were also published by Eerdmans?"<BR/><BR/>The easiest way to check this<BR/>would be to go to Amazon.com and enter the titles. They'll list all editions, I think.Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154755280455427692006-08-05T01:21:00.000-04:002006-08-05T01:21:00.000-04:00'Barth's Moral Theology' was published in North Am...'Barth's Moral Theology' was published in North America by Eerdmans -- and was a great deal cheaper than the T&T Clark edition! Does anyone know if any of the other titles were also published by Eerdmans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154745026935820632006-08-04T22:30:00.000-04:002006-08-04T22:30:00.000-04:00Webster is indeed an excellent interpreter of Bart...Webster is indeed an excellent interpreter of Barth, especially of his ethics. I'd also rate Princeton Seminary's George Hunsinger and the Univ. of Cape Town's John de Gruchy as among the best living Barth interpreters. But, then, my own alleged Barthianism is undoubtedly skewed since I discovered Barth through John Howard Yoder and am more Anabaptist than Reformed. Pray for me. :-)Michael Westmoreland-White, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06343135380354344847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154728584995665872006-08-04T17:56:00.000-04:002006-08-04T17:56:00.000-04:00Hi Eze: thanks for this personal insight. No, Byro...Hi Eze: thanks for this personal insight. No, Byron, I haven't met Webster myself -- although I've read just about everything he's ever written!<BR/><BR/>Jim: I thought of you immediately when I started reading this book -- I'm sure you would love the chapter on Zwingli. Webster interprets Barth's engagement with Zwingli very sympathetically: he argues that Barth's reading of Zwingli played a formative role in Barth's early movement towards dogmatics, and he suggests some lasting influences and parallels between Zwingli and Barth's later theology. <BR/><BR/>"[T]hough Zwingli only rarely appears in Barth's writings after 1923, his theology is 'latent' in much of what Barth later thought" (p. 35). In Barth's later theology, "something of Zwingli remained: above all, a deep-seated aversion for some ways of coordinating God and creatures, and an acute awareness of the potential losses entailed by a theology of mediation" (p. 37). And these concerns, of course, are at the very heart of much of Barth's theology!Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154703616233538052006-08-04T11:00:00.000-04:002006-08-04T11:00:00.000-04:00Well I wouldn't describe you as sweet, Ben, but th...Well I wouldn't describe you as sweet, Ben, but thanks very much for the notice on the last book of your list. I've requested it of my brother for a birthday gift (which, I might add, rolls around in just a few weeks. There's still time for you to get me something!!!!) <BR/><BR/>I admire the early Barth MUCH more than the later, adulterating one. ;-)<BR/><BR/>(Had he never spoken ill of Zwingli, I would let it drop....).Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16698562143972216357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154694301781307952006-08-04T08:25:00.000-04:002006-08-04T08:25:00.000-04:00As I'm sure many of you know Webster's theological...As I'm sure many of you know Webster's theological grounded-ness is thoroughly demonstrated in his wonderfully pastoral nature. I've been a student of John's for 2 years now at Aberdeen and was completely humbled by the love and thoughtfulness that both he and his wife poured out on my family. <BR/><BR/>Your blog is sweet Ben--ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14103443708683848340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154692598476584442006-08-04T07:56:00.000-04:002006-08-04T07:56:00.000-04:00Ben, have you met him?Ben, have you met him?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154684799508815182006-08-04T05:46:00.000-04:002006-08-04T05:46:00.000-04:00Good question, David. According to a recent post o...Good question, David. According to a <A HREF="http://faith-theology.blogspot.com/2006/05/for-love-of-god-6-why-i-love-john.html" REL="nofollow">recent post</A> on Webster, his dogmatics will be "well underway" within about the next five years. It will definitely be a major event when it's published -- I reckon Webster is one of the best theological thinkers working today.Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1154683521956774392006-08-04T05:25:00.000-04:002006-08-04T05:25:00.000-04:00Yes, Ben, thanks for this. Webster is something of...Yes, Ben, thanks for this. Webster is something of a star. His little introduction to Barth (2000,2004) is very good indeed - and the Cambridge companion got me through my Barth paper a couple of years ago. <BR/><BR/>Do you know when Webster will complete his dogmatic project - I read somewhere he is aiming to publish a dogmatic theology?David Sheddenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486453767479128841noreply@blogger.com