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How Karl Barth Changed My Mind
How Karl Barth Changed My Mind
- GenresTheology
198 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
About the author
Donald K. McKim
79 books12 followersDonald K. McKim is an American Presbyterian theologian and editor. He works as Academic and Reference Editor for Westminster John Knox Press.
McKim studied at Westminster College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at Memphis Theological Seminary and the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.
McKim is known for his 1979 book The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach. Co-authored with Jack B. Rogers, it was Eternity magazine's "Book of the Year" in 1980. In the book, Rogers and McKim argued that the Bible was infallible but not inerrant.
Donald Keith McKim was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania to Keith Beatty and Mary Alisan (Leslie) McKim.
McKim studied at Westminster College, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at Memphis Theological Seminary and the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.
McKim is known for his 1979 book The Authority and Interpretation of the Bible: An Historical Approach. Co-authored with Jack B. Rogers, it was Eternity magazine's "Book of the Year" in 1980. In the book, Rogers and McKim argued that the Bible was infallible but not inerrant.
Donald Keith McKim was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania to Keith Beatty and Mary Alisan (Leslie) McKim.
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October 19, 2018
A good collection of essays and refreshing insight into not only Barth, but the lives and thoughts of many of the most distinguished theologians of our day. Philosophical and educational, plus a pleasure to read.
January 18, 2008
VERY interesting window into 1930s-80s mainline (non-evangelical) theological thought and life. This is a amazing collection of liberal and neo-orthodox (and occasionally liberal evangelical) theologians: Paul Lehmann, Bela Vassady, Tom Torrance, Geoffrey Bromiley, T H L Parker, Robert McAfee Brown, Clark Pinnock, Langdon Gilkey, Donald Bloesch, Elizabeth Achtemeier, Martin Marty, Arthur Cochrane, John Howard Yoder, John Cobb, John Hesselink, Bernard Ramm, Hendrikus Berkhof, Markus Barth, Eberhard Busch, Paul Minear, Harvet Cox, and several more. While some essays are haughty and obscure, most are refreshingly casual autobiographical snapshots.
In the process they give telling glimpses into some figures who themselves are almost as interesting as Barth. For example, I've read lots of Martin Marty over the years, but I have never read anything where he showed his theological cards and owned labels as clearly. Harvey Cox, shockingly, calls himself a "Barthian." Some, typically, use Barth as an excuse to baptize their heresy. Robert McAfee Brown, for example, makes a similar move as Daniel Migliore of Princeton does elsewhere. He takes an element of Barth's thought and uses it to make connections to South American Liberation Theology -- a move Barth, no doubt, would have been disgusted by.
Some essays are respectfully critical of Barth, others (Bernard Ramm) are straining to connect themselves with him whole-sale.
I could go on. You don't have to be a Barthian (I sure am NOT) to enjoy and appreciate this book.
In the process they give telling glimpses into some figures who themselves are almost as interesting as Barth. For example, I've read lots of Martin Marty over the years, but I have never read anything where he showed his theological cards and owned labels as clearly. Harvey Cox, shockingly, calls himself a "Barthian." Some, typically, use Barth as an excuse to baptize their heresy. Robert McAfee Brown, for example, makes a similar move as Daniel Migliore of Princeton does elsewhere. He takes an element of Barth's thought and uses it to make connections to South American Liberation Theology -- a move Barth, no doubt, would have been disgusted by.
Some essays are respectfully critical of Barth, others (Bernard Ramm) are straining to connect themselves with him whole-sale.
I could go on. You don't have to be a Barthian (I sure am NOT) to enjoy and appreciate this book.
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