Karl Barth and Neo-Calvinism

Grace in Common

In this episode, Marinus and Gray discuss the legacy of Karl Barth, his relationship to the neo-Calvinist tradition, and how (and if) he can be a helpful resource.

Sources discussed in this episode:

Matthew Lee Anderson, Confidence in Life: A Barthian Account of Procreation, 1st ed, T&T Clark Enquiries in Theological Ethics Series (London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2024).

Karl Barth and Edwyn Clement Hoskyns, The Epistle to the Romans (London: Oxford University Press, 1968).

Karl Barth, Nein! Antwort an Emil Brunner, (Germany: C. Kaiser, 1934).

Herman Bavinck, The Foremost Problems of Contemporary Dogmatics: On Faith, Knowledge, and the Christian Tradition (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2024).

David Fergusson, “Karl Barth’s Doctrine of Creation: Church‐bells beyond the Stars,” International Journal of Systematic Theology 18, no. 4 (October 2016): 414–31.

George Harinck and D. van Keulen, eds., De receptie van Karl Barth in Nederland (Amersfoort: Uitgeverij De Vuurbaak, 2022).

Paul T. Nimmo, Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth’s Ethical Vision, Library of New Testament Studies (London: T&T Clark, 2007).

Christiane Tietz and Victoria J. Barnett, Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict (Oxford New York (N.Y.): Oxford university press, 2021).

Shao Kai Tseng, “Neo-Calvinism and the Theology of Karl Barth,” in  T&T Clark Handbook of Neo-Calvinism, Cory Brock and Nathaniel Gray Sutanto, eds., 1st ed (London: T&T Clark, 2024).

John Visser, “Karl Barth’s Appreciative Use of Herman Bavinck’s Reformed Dogmatics,” Calvin Theological Journal 45, no. 1 (2010): 79–86.

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