The Resurrection in Karl Barth Barth Studies Series

Karl Barth repeatedly spoke of the centrality and unparalleled significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for his theological understanding, yet a clear grasp of its nature and scope in Barth continues to find little expression in scholarly literature. This book seeks to draw out the theological substance and systematic implications of Barth's thinking on this theme. Barth's mature understanding of the resurrection concentrates upon the transition from the objective achievement of reconciliation culminating in the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ to its subjective appropriation in the life of the believer, all within a thoroughly christological context. The resurrection may be described as the way of the crucified Lord to others, and is, for Barth, the essential and efficient link between christology proper and the extension of Christ's saving work to others.

Contents: Foreword, John Webster; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The eclipse of the resurrection; The Resurrection of the Dead (1924 commentary); The resurrection as the contemporaneity of Jesus Christ (CD III/2); The resurrection as the movement from Jesus Christ to others (CD IV); The resurrection as the beyond of the crucifixion (CD IV/1); The spirit of the Lord as the power of the transition (CD IV/2); The resurrection as the presence and promise of the future (CD IV/3); Some criticisms and proposals; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.