Crisis and Reorientation
Karl Barth’s Römerbrief in the Cultural and Intellectual Context of Post WWI Europe
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This book uses Karl Barth’s Der Römerbrief (1922) as a prism through which to explore the role of religion and its interactions with cultural and political thought in the turbulent interwar period in Europe. One of the most influential books in twentieth-century protestant theology, Der Römerbrief found Barth arguing that the crisis of the time was grounded in an even more profound crisis that pertained to the human condition as such. While much research has been conducted on Der Römerbrief, most of it has focused on the book’s explicit theology. The aim of the present volume is to mark the centenary of this seminal book with a broader investigation into the movements of thought within Der Römerbrief and its reception and impact within its cultural and intellectual context. This broader approach by a range of Northern European researchers brings attention to interconnections between cultural and theological movements intimes of crisis.
Christine Svinth-Værge Põder teaches Systematic Theology at the Univeristy of Copenhagen, Denmark. She is the author of Doxological Hiddenness. The Fundamental Theological Significance of Prayer in Karl Barth’s Work, (2009), and editor of Mellem tiderne - fem dialektiske teologer, (2015).
This book uses Karl Barth’s Der Römerbrief (1922) as a prism through which to explore the role of religion and its interactions with cultural and political thought in the turbulent interwar period in Europe. One of the most influential books in twentieth-century protestant theology, Der Römerbrief found Barth arguing that the crisis of the time was grounded in an even more profound crisis that pertained to the human condition as such. While much research has been conducted on Der Römerbrief, most of it has focused on the book’s explicit theology. The aim of the present volume is to mark the centenary of this seminal book with a broader investigation into the movements of thought within Der Römerbrief and its reception and impact within its cultural and intellectual context. This broader approach by a range of Northern European researchers brings attention to interconnections between cultural and theological movements intimes of crisis.
Investigates the movements of thought within Der Römerbrief and its mpact within its cultural and intellectual context Brings attention to interconnections between cultural and theological movements in times of crisis Includes contributions from researchers in literature, philosophy and cultural studies, as well as theology
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Christine Svinth-Værge Põder
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Barth Epistle to the Romans Dialectical theology Weimar Republic intellectual history cultural history WWI
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“Karl Barth’s Römerbrief, 2nd edition, a central and classical text of critical reorientation in theology, churches, religion and culture during the Weimar-Period in Germany and Europe is re-interpreted from fresh “northern” (scandinavian, baltic and post-soviet) perspectives. The topics of cultural dialectics, negativity in religion, prophetic and charismatic power, political theology, literature and Barthian theology, rhetoric and performativity of Barth’s Römerbrief interpreted by a distinct group of northern scientists of religion with innovative contextualized questions.” (Heinrich Assel, Chair of Systematic Theology, University of Greifswald, Germany)
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