Final testimonies

by Karl Barth

Hardcover with dust jacket. G/G. Penciling, chipped dust jacket. 68 pages.

Genres: Theology

68 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Protestant theologian Karl Barth, a Swiss, advocated a return to the principles of the Reformation and the teachings of the Bible; his published works include Church Dogmatics from 1932.

Critics hold Karl Barth among the most important Christian thinkers of the 20th century; Pope Pius XII described him as the most important since Saint Thomas Aquinas. Beginning with his experience as a pastor, he rejected his typical predominant liberal, especially German training of 19th century.

Instead, he embarked on a new path, initially called dialectical, due to its stress on the paradoxical nature of divine truth—for instance, God is both grace and judgment), but more accurately called a of the Word. Critics referred to this father of new orthodoxy, a pejorative term that he emphatically rejected. His thought emphasized the sovereignty of God, particularly through his innovative doctrine of election. His enormously influenced throughout Europe and America.

Reviews

[Josh Issa · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short collection of essays and interviews of Barth’s written in the last month of his life, including one unfinished one written the very last night he was with us.

[Jeremy Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

An important legacy and look into the final words of a great writer and theologian.