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Karl Barth on the Ascension: An Appreciation and Critique
Author(s) -
Farrow Douglas
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of systematic theology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1468-2400
pISSN - 1463-1652
DOI - 10.1111/1463-1652.00032
Subject(s) - soteriology , doctrine , philosophy , exposition (narrative) , relation (database) , theology , event (particle physics) , epistemology , literature , art , physics , computer science , quantum mechanics , database
This exposition of Barth’s doctrine of the ascension in Volume IV of the Church Dogmatics –‘one of the major works of ascension theology’– begins by highlighting some central themes in representative patristic and modern discussions of the ascension and then provides a close and critical reading of the Dogmatics . Of special interest are questions regarding Barth’s understanding of the specificity of the Christ‐event, the structure of his doctrine of reconciliation, the relation of ontology and soteriology, and the function of the doctrine of the ascension in a thoroughly a posteriori theology.