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Karl Barth on Gethsemane
Author(s) -
JONES PAUL DAFYDD
Publication year - 2007
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/j.1468-2400.2007.00250.x
Subject(s) - humanity , christology , philosophy , agency (philosophy) , identity (music) , event (particle physics) , theology , jesus christ , epistemology , aesthetics , faith , physics , quantum mechanics
This article considers Karl Barth's understanding of the humanity of Christ in light of remarks on Gethsemane in CD IV/1, §59. I argue that Barth views Christ's humanity as a history in motion, propelled towards crisis; an event of justificatory responsibility; a struggle that marks God's being and human being; and a covenantal rejection of sin and evil. These discrete claims can be gathered into a broader contention: Barth's remarks on Christ's agony in Gethsemane point towards a powerful description of Christ's human identity and agency that runs through the Dogmatics . The article concludes with remarks on the contemporary significance of Barth's Christology.