THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF

KARL BARTH

Edited by

PAUL DAFYDD JONES

and

PAUL T. NIMMO

OXFORD

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To Samuel and Tobias

and

To Samuel, Daniel, Rebekah, and James

Acknowledgements

Without the support, sagacity, and good humour of a number of individuals, the (literally) weighty tome that is the Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth would not have come into being.

Both editors would like to thank all the staff at Oxford University Press who have been involved with this project over recent years for their diligence and patience—Karen Raith, Céline Louasli, John Smallman, and above all Tom Perridge, who has been supportive and encouraging at every point from the inception of the project forwards. We would also like to thank Anette Hagan, Kenny Laing, Daniel Pedersen, and Declan Kelly for their editorial assistance at different points, and to thank Jen Hinchliffe for her careful copy-editing and Brandin Francabandera for his diligent indexing.

Paul Dafydd Jones would like to acknowledge the kindness, professionalism, and commitment of his colleagues in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. Extra special thanks to Charles Mathewes, co-director of the ‘Religion and its Publics’ project, for innumerable conversations on matters theological, philosophical, ethical, political, professional, and mundane. Beyond U. Va., a wide range of colleagues and friends have helped with this project, both knowingly ...