Karl Barth in Conversation Edited by W. Travis McMaken and David W. Congdon
Karl Barth in Conversation Copyright 2014 Wipf and Stock Publishers. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401. Pickwick Publications An Imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3 Eugene, OR 97401 www.wipfandstock.com ISBN 13: 978-1-60899-677-3 Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Karl Barth in conversation / edited by W. Travis McMaken and David W. Congdon xviii + 314 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 13: 978-1-60899-677-3 1. Barth, Karl, 1886 1968. I. McMaken, W. Travis. II. Congdon, David W. III. Title. BT111.3 M151 2014 Manufactured in the U.S.A. New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV ), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Contents Preface xi By W. Travis McMaken Abbreviations xix Section 1: Past Conversations 1 Promise and Command: Barth and Wesley on Matthew 5:48 3 By John L. Drury Barth, Wesley, and Revolutionary Christianity: A Response to John L. Drury 20 By Christian T. Collins Winn 2 Schleiermacher and Barth: On Theology as the Science of the Divine Word 26 By Matthew J. Aragon Bruce On the Critical Science of Theology: A Response to Matthew Bruce 38 By Matthias Gockel 3 Dietrich Bonhoeffer in the Theology of Karl Barth 46 By Matthew Puffer Response to Matthew Puffer on Dietrich Bonhoeffer s Influence on Karl Barth 62 By Andy Rowell 4 Pauline Apocalyptic and Political Nihilism: Jacob Taubes and Karl Barth 70 By Benjamin Myers
The Missing Enemy & A Missed Opportunity: A Response to Myers s Pacification of Political Theology in Taubes and Barth 83 By Derek Alan Woodard-Lehman Section 2: Present Conversations 5 You Wonder Where the Spirit Went : Barth and Jenson on the Hiddenness of God 91 By Peter Kline The Spirit Is in the Details: A Response to Peter Kline 109 By William Barnett 6 Dueling Ecclesiologies: Barth and Hauerwas in Con-verse 116 By Halden Doerge A Response to Doerge on Barth and Hauerwas 125 By Ry O. Siggelkow 7 Christ vs. Mammon: Tanner and Barth on Economics and Theological Method 129 By J. Scott Jackson Following the Deacon Jesus in the Prophetic Diaconate: Toward an Apocalyptic Third Way Beyond Barth and Tanner 143 By David W. Congdon 8 Beauty, Glory, and Trinity in Karl Barth and David Bentley Hart 152 By Keith Starkenburg Beauty, Glory, and Trinity in Karl Barth or in David Bentley Hart? A Response to Keith Starkenburg 165 By Han-luen Kantzer Komline Section 3: Expanding Conversations 9 On The Monstrosity of Christ: Karl Barth in Conversation with Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank 171 By Paul Dafydd Jones An Analysis and Diagnosis in Response to Paul Jones s On The Monstrosity of Christ 189 By Sigurd Baark vi
10 Karl Barth in Conversation with Pauline Apocalypticism 195 By Shannon Nicole Smythe Apocalypse Ellipsis: A Response to Shannon Smythe 211 By Andrew R. Guffey 11 Barth and Kegan: Theological Anthropology and Developmental Psychology in Lived Experience 216 By Blair D. Bertrand Kegan and Barth: A Response to Bertrand 230 By Katherine M. Douglass 12 No Country for Old Man: Barth Calls the Coen Brothers 234 By Jon Coutts A Response to Jon Coutts on Barth and the Coen Brothers 247 By Brad East Afterword: The Future of Conversing with Barth 255 By David W. Congdon Appendix: Become Conversant with Barth s Church Dogmatics: A Primer 279 By David Guretzki Bibliography 299 List of Contributors 315 Index of Names 319 vii