Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth's Ethical Vision

by Paul T. Nimmo

Book Overview

This book investigates the way in which the actualistic ontology - i.e., the fact that God and human agents are beings-in-act in a covenant relationship - that underlies the Church Dogmatics of Karl Barth affects his conception of ethical agency. It analyses this effect along three paths of inquiry: knowing what is right (the noetic dimension), doing what is right (the ontic dimension), and achieving what is right (the telic dimension). The first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567099199
• ISBN13: 9780567099198
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"