Karl Barth: Theologian in the Tempest of Time - Hardcover

by Karel Blei (Author), Allan J. Janssen (Translator), Matthew J. Van Maastricht (Foreword by)

The Swiss theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968) was one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century. This book shows how German and European history of that century--the First World War, the rise of Hitler, the German church struggle--resonates in the theological work of Barth. He opposed National Socialism and criticized the naturalness with which the West got carried away in the Cold War rhetoric after the Second World War. A beautiful, accessible overview work for anyone who wants to get to know Barth better.

Author Biography

Karel Blei was a minister of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands. From 1987 to 1997 he was general secretary of the (then) Netherlands Reformed Church (now part of the Protestant Church). From 1989 to 1998 he was a member of the World Council of Churches Central Committee. From 1989 until 1997 he served as moderator of the (then) World Alliance of Reformed Churches Department of Theology.



Allan Janssen (1948-2020) was a retired minister in the Reformed Church in America (RCA), a General Synod Professor for the RCA, a professor emeritus at New Brunswick Theological Seminary, an author of several books, and the translator of several Dutch theological works.