Barth's Moral Theology: Human Action in Barth's Thought

by John B. Webster

Book Overview

John Webster shows how Barth's work as a whole should be regarded as a moral theology. He opens with a study of Barth's ethical thinking in key writings from the period of his break with theological... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802838588
• ISBN13: 9780802838582
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

An excellent guide to Barth's theological ethics

Webster continues the task taken up in his previous effort, Barth's Ethics of Reconciliation, which examined Barth's mature ethical writings. Here, he expands the defence of his thesis that Barth's relativizing of human moral consciousness before the Word of God does not at all compromise, but rather properly establishes, the true place of human action. He offers a revision of previous efforts at Barth interpretation (similar to Bruce McCormack's work) through a more exhaustive and systematic study, utilizing neglected or previously unavailable texts such as Barth's Muenster Ethics and The Christian Life, as well as the early ethical writings not addressed in Webster's last study in Barthian ethics. It is an important contribution to Barth scholarship and to theological ethics upon which further efforts will be built.