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Karl Barth as Theologian of Nature

Christ and the Order of Creation

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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

Introduction

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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Published Oct 15 2026
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Pages 240
ISBN 9780567728340
Imprint T&T Clark
Series T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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