Synopses & Reviews
"Karl Barth's rich and commanding thought on the ethics of the gospel calls for theological scholarship of a high order. This splendid collection has it in thirteen steller essays on the ethics of war, democracy, punishment, economics, freedom, and other topics in Barth's thought."--- Gary Dorrien Columbia University
"This authoritative collection is a notable addition to the rediscovery of Barth's ethical thought. The essayists know Barth well, take him seriously as a moral theologian, and offer their readers well-articulated judgments."---John Webster King's College, Aberdeen
In this seminal volume, contemporary theologians revisit the theological ethics of Karl Barth as it bears on such topics as the moral significance of Jesus Christ, the Christian as ethical agent, the just war theory, the relationship between doctrines of the atonement and modern penal justice systems, the virtues and limits of democracy, and the difference between an economy of competition and possession and an economy of grace.
Synopsis
In this seminal volume, thirteen contemporary theologians revisit the theological ethics of Karl Barth as it bears on such topics as the moral significance of Jesus Christ, the Christian as ethical agent, the just war theory, the virtues and limits of democracy, and the difference between an economy of competition and possession and an economy of grace.
Synopsis
Chiefly proceedings of a conference held June 22-25, 2008 at Princeton Theological Seminary.
About the Author
Daniel L. Migliore is the Charles Hodge Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. His other books include Faith Seeking Understanding: An Introduction to Christian Theology (Eerdmans).
Table of Contents
Commanding grace : Karl Barth's theological ethics / Daniel L. Migliore -- Karl Barth's ethics revisited / Nigel Biggar -- The Spirit and the letter : Protestant Thomism and Nigel Biggar's "Karl Barth's ethics revisited" / Eric Gregory -- Karl Barth and just war : a conversation with Roman Catholicism / William Werpehowski -- Barth and Werpehowski on war, presumption, and exception / John R. Bowlin -- Barth and democracy : political witness without ideology / David Haddorff -- Karl Barth and the varieties of democracy : a response to David Haddorff's "Barth and democracy : political witness without ideology" / Todd V. Cioffi -- Crime, punishment, and atonement : Karl Barth on the death of Christ / Timothy Gorringe -- For us and for our salvation : a response to Timothy Gorringe / Katherine Sonderegger -- Barth and the economy of grace / Kathryn Tanner -- Karl Barth on the economy : in dialogue with Kathryn Tanner / Christopher R. J. Holmes -- Barth and the Christian as ethical agent : an ontological study of the shape of Christian ethics / Paul T. Nimmo -- Karl Barth's conception(s) of human and divine freedom(s) / Jesse Couenhoven