This is a major study of the twentieth-century theologian Karl Barth. Its chief strength is that it demonstrates the genuine intellectual force behind Barth's approach to the Bible. Drawing on the history of biblical, theological and philosophical criticism originating in the Enlightenment - and most notably on the arguments of the Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein - it dares the thought that, if Barth is right, the Bible understood the Enlightenment better than it understood the Bible, and, indeed, better than the Enlightenment understood itself: according to its own canons of inquiry it ought not to have lost faith with the Bible in the way that it did.

About the Author
Neil B. MacDonald (Ph.D.,University of Edinburgh) is Senior Lecturer of Theology at Roehampton University, he is the author of, most recently The SPCK Introduction to Martin Luther (London: SPCK, 2008), and Metaphysics and the God of Israel: Systematic Theology of the Old and New Testaments (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006), Karl Barth and the Strange New World within the Bible: Barth, Wittgenstein, and the Metadilemmas of the Enlightenment (2nd edition - Carlisle: Paternoster, 2001). He is the co-editor of and contributor to Barth, Calvin, and Reformed Theology (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2008) - Editorial Review.


Book Information
ISBN 9780853649700
Author Neil MacDonald
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint Send The Light
Publisher Authentic Media
Weight(grams) 612g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 111mm * 32mm