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Ashley Cocksworth presents Karl Barth as a theologian who not only produces a strong and vibrant theology of prayer, but also grounds theology itseld in the practice of prayer. Prayer and theology are revealed to be integrally related in Barth's understanding of the dogmatic task. Cocksworth provides careful analysis of a range of key texts in Barth's thought in which the theme of prayer emerges with particular interest. Through the theme of prayer fundamental questions are asked about the relation of human agency to divine agency as conceived by Barth, and new insights are offered into his understandings of the nature and task of theology, pneumatology, sin, baptism, religion and sanctification. The result is a rich engagement with Barth's theology of prayer, as well as an advancement of scholarship on Karl Barth, and a constructive contribution to a general theology of prayer.

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Ashley Cocksworth is Tutor in Systematic Theology at the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham, UK. He has published on the theology of Karl Barth and, more broadly, on issues relating to the theology of prayer. Amongst other projects he is currently writing Prayer: A Guide for the Perplexed (T&T Clark/Bloomsbury, forthcoming).

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