Barth and Dostoevsky: A Study of the Influence of the Russian Writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky on the Development of the Swiss Theologian Karl . (Paternoster Theological Monographs)

Brazier, P H (Author)/ Holmes, Stephen R (Foreword)

ISBN 10: 1498251277 / ISBN 13: 9781498251273

Published by Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2008

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290 pages. 6.00x0.69x9.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Barth and Dostoevsky: A Study of the Influence of the Russian Writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky on the Development of the Swiss Theologian Karl . (Paternoster Theological Monographs)
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498251277
• ISBN 13: 9781498251273
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.56 kilograms

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Synopsis

A work of historic and systematic theology, Barth and Dostoevsky, examines the influence of the Russian writer and prophet Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky on the Swiss theologian Karl Barth. This is a study that demonstrates that the writings of Dostoevsky affected the development of the theology of Karl Barth. This was an influence mediated by his friend and colleague Eduard Thurneysen and was in the form of a key element of Barth's thought: his understanding of sin and grace. Therefore, this study explicates first, the reading of Dostoevsky by Barth, 1915-1916, and the influence on this understanding of sin and grace; second, a study of Eduard Thurneysen in so far as his life and work complements and influences Barth; third, Barth's illustrative use of Dostoevsky, around 1918-1921, the period of the rewriting of his seminal commentary on Romans--"the bombshell on the playground of the theologians," as Karl Adams put it.

About the Author

Originally trained in the fine arts in the 1970s and having taught extensively, Paul Brazier holds degrees in Systematic Theology from King's College London, where he completed his PhD on Barth and Dostoevsky. He is the editor of Colin E. Gunton's The Barth Lectures (2007) and The Revelation and Reason Seminars (2008).