Dogmatics In Outline

Barth stands before us as the greatest theologian of the twentieth century yetthe massive corpus of work which he left behind the multi volume ChurchDogmatics c... » 

Barth stands before us as the greatest theologian of the twentieth century yetthe massive corpus of work which he left behind the multi volume ChurchDogmatics can seem daunting and formidable to readers today. Fortunately hisDogmatics in Outline first published in English in 1949 contains inbrilliantly concentrated form even in shorthand the essential tenets of histhinking. Built around the assertions made in the Apostles Creed the bookconsists of a series of reflections on the foundation stones of Christiandoctrine. Because Dogmatics in Outline derives from very particularcircumstances namely the lectures Barth gave in warshattered Germany in 1946it has an urgency and a compassion which lend the text a powerful simplicity.Despite its brevity the book makes a tremendous impact which in this newedition will now be felt by a fresh generation of readers. «