The Word of God and Theology

This classic volume of Barth's essays was first published in 1924 under the title 'Das Wort Gottes und die Theologie'. The first English edition appeared in 1928 with SCM in the UK and, in 1957, with Harper in the US. It sold a huge number of copies, and was reprinted several times. However, the translation was poor and copies of the book have become scarce. It is not a scholarly edition: there are no footnotes or index. Now there is a new German critical edition with a critical footnote apparatus identifying the sources of texts Barth only alluded to. The proposed new English edition not only targets a general audience, but also Barth scholars internationally whose access to these important materials has been hampered by inadequate mastery of German. All the critical apparatus will be translated, each chapter including an explanatory passage giving general historical context and details of Barth's own biography. An introductory chapter pulls the whole project together.

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