Hi Guys,
A quick question.
Do any of you know if there are any good Theology books by Karl Barth for a first year Seminary student?
We have been learning about Barth and I would like to dig a little deeper.
Paul
Paul,
Yes - all of them;)
More seriously
Dogmatics in Outline - not in Logos.
Prayer - not in Logos.
Church Dogmatics is very helpful, you won't have time to read all of it but if you look at the sections which relate to your assignments you will find it helpful.
John
https://www.logos.com/product/4001/christianity-and-barthianism - perhaps it will be helpful
https://www.logos.com/product/3074/studies-in-karl-barth-collection - perhaps another good collection to look at.
As John said, Dogmatics in Outline. Best place to begin.
Word of God and Word of Man has some excellent essays/addresses to start off with. It looks like it is out of print, but any half-way decent seminary Library should have it.
Dogmatics in Outline has already been mentioned.
His Commentary on Romans is something that badly needs to be Logos and merits reading.
(And I am a Lutheran who loves to hate Barth)
good Theology books by Karl Barth for a first year Seminary student?
Actually I wouldn't want to start with Church Dogmatics in first year.... while some have mentioned books about Barth, I'd suggest "Evangelical Theology: An Introduction" (not in Logos) which he originally taught as a "farewell lecture" to his students who were beginning theology.
There's no substitute for reading Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics. These are the books that matter. As enjoyable his smaller works are, such as Dogmatics In Outline, Evangelical Theology, Prayer, Romans, etc. They are no substitute for reading The Dogmatics directly. I'd recommend reading Part 1 of each of the first four volumes to start. Read CD I.1, especially the first four chapters. If you only read one volume, you should read CD I.1 Doctrine of the Word of God. I'd be careful about which books you read about barth, since there are strong reactions to him, in particular those books by Van Til and his colleagues. Van Til is great, except when he writes about Barth!
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I second this, especially the caution about books written about Barth. There is a surprising amount of inaccurate information about Barth floating around in what are otherwise reliable sources. (Really, really inaccurate information.)
CD I.1 is a great place to start. Barth can be moderately difficult (but easy in comparison to some German theologians!), but once you get into a rhythm it becomes much easier. The Logos version is particularly useful because a) you can mouseover foreign language quotes & it'll give you the translation in English and b) you can enlarge the tiny print. (Last month I just finished reading the entire Church Dogmatics on Logos!)
Sean - do you know if the Logos edition of CD is the same as the Study Edition found here:
http://www.christianbook.com/church-dogmatics-31-volumes/karl-barth/9780567022790/pd/22790X
Sean - do you know if the Logos edition of CD is the same as the Study Edition found here: http://www.christianbook.com/church-dogmatics-31-volumes/karl-barth/9780567022790/pd/22790X
To the best of my knowledge, there is only ONE version of Barth's Church Dogmatics.
I should rephrase my question , I meant does the Logos edition have all the text translated like the study edition?
I don't know why you call it a "study edition" when, as far as I can tell, it's just Barth's CD.
NOT a Barth expert, but CD in Logos was delayed a bit in prepub to get a later translation/edition...
SDG
Ken McGuire
There's atleast three different printed English editions of the dogmatics, and they all use the same translation of the German. However not all of them include translations of the Latin and Greek quotations. Does the logos edition contain translations of the quotations if Latin and Greek?
Thanks! Well said.
If you note in the image below, the French has an asterisk after it. There is a popup which gives the translation.
As a second year seminary student, I'll second this recommendation. I go back and re-read parts of this book occasionally when I start to forget why I'm here and what it means to do theology.
Thanks guys I really appreciate your comments.
Have you read this book? I think the title probably says it all...
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