prayer, rather paradoxically, is nothing less than prayer itself: ‘Pray that you may pray aright’.28 Most of Barth’s time in Göttingen, however, was taken up with the task of lecturing. And lecture he did. The 1920s was a decade of remarkable productivity in Barth’s life. A thorough immersion in historical theological exegesis and accompanying lectures was complemented by the delivery of his first (and indeed only) full cycle of dogmatic and ethical lectures.29 In the lectures on Calvin delivered