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Jesus Is Victor!: Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Salvation is unavailable, but you can change that!

Karl Barth’s theology is both challenging and disconcerting to those who stand in the tradition of Protestant evangelicalism. Yet his theological method presents a solid alternative to both rationalism and mysticism that dominate much current theology. With striking clarity, Donald G. Bloesch analyzes Barth’s theology, placing special emphasis on his doctrine of salvation. Barth holds that...

not only in the individual but in the social sense has created the climate for the new secular and political theologies. His view that the gospel always sides with the poor over the rich and that its claims must be addressed to the whole of man’s life has given added impetus to those movements in the church that seek to promote radical social change. Pacifists have been heartened by his then courageous call for an end to the cold war between West and East and his unequivocal repudiation of weapons
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