Karl Barth as Theologian of Nature
Christ and the Order of Creation
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Jonathan Lett highlights how Barth's rejection of natural theology and the "orders of creation" does not impede his development of a robust account of creation's nature and order.
This work traces the development of his theology of nature from Romans I to the completion of his doctrine creation in Church Dogmatics. It examines the way in which Barth's doctrine of creation is shaped by his doctrine of election. Lett offers a close reading of Barth's ethics of creation and shows that without this quasi-essentialist ontology of creation's nature is an important aspects of understanding Barth. The book pushes interpreters to grapple with this quasi-essentialist understanding of creation's nature and order that animate even Barth's starkest "acutalistic" moments.
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Table of Contents
1. The Theological Problem of "Nature"
2. Election and the Ordering of Doctrine
3. simul iustus et peccator: Incarnation and Creaturely Being
4. Ethics and Created Order
Conclusion: A Sketch of Creaturely Nature and Order
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Product details
| Published | 15 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 9780567728326 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Series | T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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