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Karl Barth is perhaps the most influential Protestant theologian of the twentieth century. This Guide to his thought, written by one of the leading scholars of Barth, offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to his theology. The first chapter of the book considers the life and work of Karl Barth. Thereafter, the chapters examine in turn the key theological topics which Barth treated in his...

explores the relationship between the divine act of creation and the history of the covenant of grace. Finally, the third section considers creation as divine benefit, exploring the way in which creation is both actualized and justified by God. In this brief section, Barth investigates the nature of the core statements of the doctrine of creation and the basis on which we can utter them. For Barth, to believe that God is the Creator and that the world is created is ‘no less
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