against the notion of man bearing God within his own breast and knowing well the right way. All the things which had seemed to be self-evident were now shown not to be so at all: that man knows about God; that human questioning finds a divine answer; that God can be known; that God hears and speaks; that God is love; that God is concerned about man; that the address of God means life for man and not death. Barth’s correspondence in 1923 with his former teacher A. von Harnack9 should be read to understand
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