Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Karl Barth/God's Humanity. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 14 page research paper/essay that discusses theologian Karl Barth's beliefs concerning the significance of the life of Jesus Christ. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Page Count:
14 pages (~225 words per page)
File: KL9_khbarth.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
influential theology specifically focuses on how he perceived meaning and significance of the incarnation of Jesus Christ, in regards to what this conveys about God and Gods relationship to humanity.
Introduction to Karl Barths theology Toward the end of his life, Barth made the observation, "I am a child of the nineteenth century," which, as Webster points out, refers
to much more than simply Barths age at the time (Webster 11). One of the principal ways in which Barth was engaged in his nineteenth century heritage was in regards
to his preoccupation with humanitys relationship to God (Webster 11). In his early writing, this preoccupation found expression in Barths exploration of the question: "How is God God for us?";
however, in his mature dogmatic writing, which emphasize the "centrality of the notion of covenant," Barth shifted the emphasis in his question, i.e., "How is God God for us?" (Webster
11). For Barth, the answer inevitably involved the denial of some of the basic premises of nineteenth century theology, i.e., "the priority of religious subjectivity and experience, the identification of
God with ethical value and the presentation of Jesus as archetypical religious and moral consciousness" (Webster 11). As his philosophy on this topic developed, Barth became more and
more certain that any consideration of Gods relationship to humanity must also consider the presence of God as manifested in the person of Jesus Christ (Webster 11-12). The brilliance of
Barths rhetoric was "enough to bring large parts of the edifice of nineteenth century liberalism crashing to the ground" (Webster 12). As this suggests, the focus of the entirety of
Barths theological perspective is always on Christ, as he asserts that it is through Christ that God moves into "free and loving relation with the world, particularly the human world"
...