Preface | p. xi |
Dialectic and the Current State of Barth Studies | p. 1 |
An Historical Overview of Dialectic | p. 11 |
Introduction | p. 11 |
Definitions of Dialectic | p. 12 |
Plato and Dialectic | p. 13 |
Aristotle and Dialectic | p. 17 |
Kant and Dialectic | p. 19 |
Hegel and Dialectic | p. 22 |
Kierkegaard and Dialectic | p. 32 |
Reaction to Hegel | p. 32 |
Kierkegaard's Use of Paradox | p. 35 |
Kierkegaard's Use of Dialectic | p. 41 |
The Use of the Denkform of Dialectic in the Early Barth: 1909-1931 | p. 45 |
Introduction | p. 45 |
Barth's Early Writings (1909-1914) | p. 45 |
1909 Essay: "Modern Theology and Work in the Kingdom of God" | p. 47 |
1912 Essay: "The Christian Faith and History" | p. 50 |
1914 Essay: "Belief in a Personal God" | p. 53 |
Summary: 1909-1914 | p. 60 |
Barth's Break with Modern Theology (1915-1922) | p. 62 |
Events Leading to the Break | p. 62 |
The Nature of Barth's Change | p. 64 |
Romerbrief I | p. 64 |
The Interim between Romerbrief I and II | p. 70 |
Romerbrief II | p. 82 |
Dialectic in Romerbrief II | p. 86 |
Years of Movement towards Dogma: 1923-1925 | p. 95 |
The Gottingen Dogmatics | p. 95 |
"Menschenwort und Gotteswort in der christlichen Predigt" | p. 98 |
"Das Schriftprinzip der reformierten Kirche" | p. 99 |
"Was ist Theologie?" | p. 100 |
Dialectic in Die christliche Dogmatik im Entwurf (1927) | p. 107 |
The Word of God and Dogma | p. 108 |
The Dialectical Nature of Dogma | p. 113 |
"Fate and Idea in Theology" (1929) | p. 121 |
Barth's Work on Anselm: Fides Quaerens Intellectum | p. 124 |
Dialectic in the Knowledge of the Triune God | p. 131 |
Preliminary Considerations | p. 131 |
Barth's Revised Prolegomena (1932) | p. 141 |
Dogmatics and the Word of God | p. 142 |
The Trinity | p. 143 |
Dialectic in the Church Dogmatics I/I | p. 145 |
The Dialectic of Revelation | p. 145 |
Dialectic and the Trinity | p. 152 |
Summary | p. 155 |
The Use of Dialectic in the Knowledge of God (CD II/1) | p. 156 |
The Knowledge and Knowability of God | p. 156 |
The Limits of the Knowledge of God | p. 164 |
The Use of Dialectic in the Reality of God | p. 173 |
The Being of God | p. 173 |
God's Being in Action | p. 173 |
Transcendence and Immanence | p. 174 |
Absoluteness and Personalness | p. 175 |
The Perfections of God | p. 178 |
Introduction | p. 178 |
The Perfections of the Divine Loving | p. 185 |
The Perfections of the Divine Freedom | p. 189 |
Concluding Remarks on the Perfections | p. 193 |
The Legacy of Barth's Dialectic | p. 195 |
Dialectic in the Later Church Dogmatics | p. 195 |
Church Dogmatics II/2 | p. 195 |
Church Dogmatics III: The Doctrine of Creation | p. 196 |
Church Dogmatics IV: The Doctrine of Reconciliation | p. 200 |
Summary Conclusions on Barth's Use of Dialectic | p. 201 |
Barth's Dialectical Heritage | p. 201 |
Barth's Special Dialectic | p. 204 |
The Relation of Dialectic to Analogy | p. 208 |
The Thesis of This Study | p. 210 |
Bibliography | p. 213 |
Index | p. 225 |
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