- Summary
- What does a theologian say to young preachers in the early 1930s, at the dawn of the Third Reich? What Karl Barth did say, how he said it, and why he said it at that time and place are the subject of Angela Dienhart Hancock's book. This is the story of how a preaching classroom became a place of resistance in Germany in 1932-33 -- a story that has not been told in its fullness. In that emergency situation, Barth took his students back to the fundamental questions about what preaching is and what it is for, returning again and again to the affirmation of the Godness of God, the only ground of resistance to ideological captivity. No other text has so interpreted Barth's "Exercises in Sermon Preparation" in relation to their theological, political, ecclesiastical, academic, and rhetorical context. - Publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Hancock, Angela Dienhart, 1965-
- Published
- Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013
- Contents
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Karl Barth's theological existence
Theological existence in the Weimar years: three lenses
Theological existence and the rhetoric of Weimar
Theological existence and Protestant proclamation in Weimar
Karl Barth's Predigtvorbereitung in context: winter semester 1932-1933
Karl Barth's Predigtvorbereitung in context: summer semester 1933
Rereading Karl Barth's "Homiletics".
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Karl Barth's theological existence -- Theological existence in the Weimar years: three lenses -- Theological existence and the rhetoric of Weimar -- Theological existence and Protestant proclamation in Weimar -- Karl Barth's Predigtvorbereitung in context: winter semester 1932-1933 -- Karl Barth's Predigtvorbereitung in context: summer semester 1933 -- Rereading Karl Barth's "Homiletics".
