Modern & Contemporary Christianity · AD 1900–Present
Karl Barth
1886–1968 · Reformed · Switzerland / Germany
A Swiss Protestant theologian whose work emphasized God’s revelation in Jesus Christ.
Major contributions
Revelation, dialectical theology
- Wrote the multivolume Church Dogmatics.
- Helped draft the 1934 Barmen Declaration opposing the subordination of the church to Nazi ideology.
Theological positions
Modern labels do not always describe historical writers precisely.
- Reformed
He worked within the Reformed tradition, while substantially revising aspects of its received theology.
- Christology
Church Dogmatics places Jesus Christ at the center of revelation and election.
Major writings
- Church Dogmatics
- The Epistle to the Romans