Conversational Theology: Essays on Ecumenical, Postliberal and Political Themes, with Special Reference to Karl Barth

by George Hunsinger

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

, 2015

Overview

The essays in this wide-ranging collection fall into three main sections: Ecumenical Theology, Postliberal Theology, and Political Theology. The first section deals with Torrance and Barth on the Sacraments. Hunsinger includes here an examination of Torrance’s views of baptism and the eucharist, as well as Karl Barth’s voice on the Lord’s Supper. He also develops a post-Barthian appreciation of Jews and Judaism. In the second section Hunsinger discusses such figures as Hans W. Frei, Ernst Troeltsch and H. R. Niebuhr in terms of their contribution to Postliberal Theology. The final section offers a discussion of Political Theology, as part of which Hunsinger presents an in-depth analysis regarding the political views of Karl Barth, as well as Barth’s understanding of human rights. The book ends with a meditation on André Trocmé and how goodness happened at Le Chambon.

Product Details

• Title: Conversational Theology: Essays on Ecumenical, Postliberal and Political Themes, with Special Reference to Karl Barth
• Author: George Hunsinger
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2017
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Theology; Barth, Karl, 1886-1968; Political theology; Postliberal theology
• ISBNs: 9780567658173, 9780567658203, 9780567658197, 9780567669124, 0567658171, 0567658201, 0567658198, 0567669122
• Resource ID: LLS:CNVRSTNLTH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:53:45Z

About George Hunsinger

George Hunsinger is an ordained Presbyterian minister and theologian. He is currently the Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ. Hunsinger was the director of the Center for Barth Studies at Princeton from 1997 – 2001. Hunsinger received a BD from Harvard University Divinity School and an MA, MPhil, and PhD from Yale University. His work has focused primarily on the theology of Karl Barth. Hunsinger was the recipient of the 2010 Karl Barth Prize and joins previous prize recipients Eberhard Jüngel, Hans Küng, John W. de Gruchy, Johannes Rau, Bruce McCormack, and others.

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