A Unique Time of God: Karl Barth's WWI Sermons

World War I changed Karl Barths theology forever. In this book William Klempa presents for the first time in English thirteen sermons that offer Barths unique view and commentary on the Great War. Barth saw the war as “a unique time of God� believing it to represent Gods judgment on militarism. The sermons reveal a deep strain of theological wrestling with the wars meaning as Barth comes to see the conflict as the logical outcome of all human attempts to create God in our own image. As it demonstrates a decisive shift in Barths early theology this volume is essential for anyone who wishes to understand the twentieth centurys greatest theologian.