Karl Barth: God's Word in Action

Description: In this creative and original book Paul S. Chung interprets Karl Barth as a theologian of divine action. Chung appreciates Barths dogmatic theology as both contextual and irregular and he retrieves the neglected sides of Barths thought with respect to political radicalism Israel natural theology and religious pluralism. Endorsements: In this insightful and wide-ranging consideration of Barth for today Chung reminds us of both the particularities of Barths politicized theology and his theologized politics. Thereby Chung in a properly Barthian mode and with the refreshing frame of a second-generation minjung theologian demonstrates Barths ongoing relevance for this politically charged and pluralistically cultured day. _Duane H. Larson President Wartburg Theological Seminary Dubuque IA. Transversing both the German and the Anglo-Saxon scholarship on Barth this concise and clearly written book shows how Karl Barths theology from beginning to end contains a contextual dimension that is bound to disturb our all-too-comfortable dichotomies between dogmatics and ethics the gospel of the church and the politics of this world. Writing from his Asian minjung liberative background Dr. Chung has done a favor to both the student and the scholar and to the legacy of Karl Barth. -Niels Henrik Gregersen Professor of Systematic Theology University of Copenhagen Denmark. Chung demonstrates Karl Barth as a radical theologian with a convincing aptitude. I personally appreciate the kinship this independent reading has with my own footsteps identifying Barth as a resisting theologian. -Prof. Dr. Peter Winzeler at the University of Bern Switzerland. Author of Widerstehende Theologie: Karl Barth 1920-35. An ambitious and groundbreaking study in which Chung makes a significant contribution to the renewal of Barth studies by combining methodological biographical social/political and theology-of-religions perspectives.-Veli-Matti Karkkäinen Professor of Systematic Theology Fuller Theological Seminary Pasadena CA. Chungs lucid study of Karl Barths theology displays and mobilizes the power of Barths thinking and praxis for present-day socio-historical biblical exegesis including ecumenical intercultural interreligious and liberating theology and praxis.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Duchrow University of Heidelberg Germany. Chung offers an incisive interpretation of Karl Barths relevance not only for contemporary liberation and political theologies but for Christian theologys engagement with Judaism and other religions. Especially intriguing is his reading of Barths appropriation of Luthers Christology a reading that roots the liberative dimensions of Barths theology in Gods humanity in Christ.-Lois Malcolm Associate Professor of Systematic Theology Luther Seminary. About the Contributor(s): Paul S. Chung is Assistant Professor at Wartburg Theological Seminary Dubuque Iowa. He is the author of Martin Luther and Buddhism: Aesthetics of Suffering (second edition 2007) as well as numerous articles.