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This volume explores a series of key themes in the relationship between Karl Barth and Reformed theology. Though a minister in the Reformed church and heavily indebted to its theology throughout his career, Barth had a complex relationship with the Reformed tradition--appreciative of its strengths yet cognizant of its weaknesses. This book draws together a stellar cast of international scholars from diverse traditions and perspectives to engage with Karl Barth as a Reformed scholar and with his theological legacy.

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""Beginning ever again with the beginning, listening and witnessing to the one Word of God in Christ and in the scriptures, Barth resisted the label but embodied the spirit of a Reformed and Reforming theology like few others. If you are interested in Barth's critically dialectic identity as a Reformed theologian, his dialogically constructive engagement with the Reformed tradition, and his potential for its ongoing transformation today, this volume convening the insights of leading scholars is for you."" --Hanna Reichel, Charles Hodge Chair of Systematic Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary ""This book delivers on the promise of its title. The essays collected here explore Barth's relationship to the Reformed tradition, engage in critically appreciative ecumenical dialogue on several important themes, and culminate in some remarkable constructive proposals. Anyone interested in Barth's theology and theological legacy will benefit from reading this book."" --Adam Neder, Professor of Theology, Belmont University ""The essays in this impressive volume consider Barth's relationship to Reformed theology from various angles--historical, dialogical-comparative, and constructive--and engage key issues with erudition, insight, and creativity. Those relatively new to Barth will encounter cutting-edge scholarship as it pushes thought in new and sometimes radical directions; more seasoned readers will discover anew the continuing generativity of Barth's work for dogmatic and ethical reflection. Highly recommended."" --Paul Dafydd Jones, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia ""This diverse and engaging collection of essays tackles the problem of reception--of how to receive a tradition anew in one's own time and context. Revealing a Barth who did not replicate the Reformed theological tradition, but who reinterpreted it in highly creative ways, it invites us to consider how we might adapt Barth's insights for the new situations in which we find ourselves."" --Cambria Kaltwasser, Co-president, Karl Barth Society of North America

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Paul T. Nimmo holds the King's Chair of Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen. He is the author of Being in Action: The Theological Shape of Barth's Ethical Vision, and Barth: A Guide for the Perplexed, and the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Reformed Theology, The Oxford Handbook of Karl Barth, and Kenosis: The Self-Emptying of Jesus Christ in Scripture & Theology. He is Senior Editor of International Journal of Systematic Theology, and an elder in the Church of Scotland.

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