| Mike A. Higton and John C. McDowell (eds.), Conversing With Barth (forthcoming, Ashgate, 2004) |
| Karl Barth addressed all the major themes of dogmatic theology, and in so doing made his own distinctive contribution to each of the ongoing conversations that constitute that theology, conversations which include voices from the distant and the recent past, and in which fresh voices constantly come to be heard. He was conscious of his place within the history of theological conversation, and acutely aware of the demands imposed upon him by his indebtedness to so great a company. He, more than many other theologians, listened intently to what those involved in that history, both past and present, had to say, and it is in that context, in this living and ongoing theological conversation, that his work is located and makes sense. The contributors to this book each engage, with their own distinctive emphases and styles, in their own conversation with Barth, bringing to light the ways in which the depths of Barth's work may illuminate or be illuminated by the work of other prominent thinkers who preceded or followed him. The conversations they host between Barth and these others raise various critical questions in the reading and appreciation of Barth's thought, particularly in the light of the differences which emerge between Barth and his conversation partners. The various essays are not smple exercises in comparison, as if all that needs to be done is to describe and compare two thinkers. Rather, taking seriously the dynamics involved in the concepts of conversation and dialogical interaction, this collection aims to make clear something of the mutually critical encounter, in all its complexity, that must exist between Barth and any other thinker who deals with the same subject matter, whether these thinkers ever explicitly discussed one another's works or not. In so doing, each of the essays seeks not only to comprehend the riches of Barth's thought better but to risk a contribution to the same ongoing conversations in dogmatic theology. |
| Contributors David Clough David Ford Tim Gorringe Mike A. Higton George Hunsinger Nicholas Lash John C. McDowell Ben Quash Katherine Sonderegger Graham Ward John Webster |
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