The Barthian Revolt or the New Modernism: Karl Barth and the Limits of American Evangelical Theology
Throughout the twentieth century, U.S. American evangelicals engaged in an ongoing series of definitional debates over the contours and limits of a distinctly evangelical approach to theology. Developed as an explicit counter to theological liberalism—and often signaled by strict adherence to biblic...
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| description | Throughout the twentieth century, U.S. American evangelicals engaged in an ongoing series of definitional debates over the contours and limits of a distinctly evangelical approach to theology. Developed as an explicit counter to theological liberalism—and often signaled by strict adherence to biblical inerrancy—American evangelical theology might conceivably have made common cause with Karl Barth, whose infamous rebellion against his liberal teachers became one of the founding events in the story of twentieth-century Christian theology. Despite Barth’s putative anti-liberalism, evangelical theologians never fully embraced Barthian theology, consistently vilifying it as un-evangelical and beyond the pale. In this essay, I recover the history of U.S. American evangelical theologians wrestling with Karl Barth and his legacy, highlighting how an enduring aversion to Barthianism became a key feature of evangelical theology. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4d3357dd8cbe4d099141caf6eb47f6902024-12-27T14:50:26ZengMDPI AGReligions2077-14442024-12-011512149110.3390/rel15121491The Barthian Revolt or the New Modernism: Karl Barth and the Limits of American Evangelical TheologyIsaac B. Sharp0Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY 10027, USAThroughout the twentieth century, U.S. American evangelicals engaged in an ongoing series of definitional debates over the contours and limits of a distinctly evangelical approach to theology. Developed as an explicit counter to theological liberalism—and often signaled by strict adherence to biblical inerrancy—American evangelical theology might conceivably have made common cause with Karl Barth, whose infamous rebellion against his liberal teachers became one of the founding events in the story of twentieth-century Christian theology. Despite Barth’s putative anti-liberalism, evangelical theologians never fully embraced Barthian theology, consistently vilifying it as un-evangelical and beyond the pale. In this essay, I recover the history of U.S. American evangelical theologians wrestling with Karl Barth and his legacy, highlighting how an enduring aversion to Barthianism became a key feature of evangelical theology.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/12/1491evangelical theologyKarl BarthAmerican evangelicalisminnerancyevangelical history |
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| title | The Barthian Revolt or the New Modernism: Karl Barth and the Limits of American Evangelical Theology |
| title_full | The Barthian Revolt or the New Modernism: Karl Barth and the Limits of American Evangelical Theology |
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| title_short | The Barthian Revolt or the New Modernism: Karl Barth and the Limits of American Evangelical Theology |
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| topic | evangelical theology Karl Barth American evangelicalism innerancy evangelical history |
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