Includes bibliographic references and index.

18 contributions in English; 6 in French; 4 in German.

I. Barth as scriptural theologian. Reading Romans on the brink : the continuing challenge of Barth's Römerbrief / Beverly Roberts Gaventa -- For I am not ashamed of the Gospel : commentary as interpretation in the Römerbrief / John M.G. Barclay -- La Bible pour penser / Benoît Bourgine -- Abraham als Glaubensparadigma nach Karl Barth's Römerbrief (Röm 4) / Andreas Dettwiler -- II. Hermeneutics and metaphysics. Barth sur l'être du monde devant Dieu : ce que le Römerbrief permet de préciser dans la Dogmatik / Jean-Luc Marion -- Le manifeste herméneutique de Karl Barth / Jean Grondin -- An anti-metaphysical manifesto : Karl Barth's Romans commentary in its second edition / Bruce McCormack -- III. Historical context. Vom "Schweizerwinkel" auf das "hohe, bewegte Meer" : Karl Barth zwischen Safenwil und Göttingen / Peter Zocher -- Karl Barth and the quest for a new world / Christophe Chalamet -- IV. Römerbrief, first edition (1919). God's moving presence in history : Karl Barth's Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans of 1919 and its problem-creating solutions / Günter Thomas -- "More than Leninism" : Karl Barth's theological socialism / Matthias Gockel -- V. Faith and resurrection. Das Wunder des Glaubens : zu Röm 3,21-4,8 / Hans-Christoph Askani -- Réflexions de philosophie pratique sur la "foi seule" / Pierre Manent -- Faith as imperceptible reality : Barth's understanding of faith during the Römerbrief period / Brandon K. Watson -- L'exercice de la liberté, la vie du Crucifié Ressuscité : Rm 6,9 entre la première et la deuxième édition du Römerbrief / Elio Jaillet -- Faith, love, and extrinsic grace in Barth's Römerbrief / Andrew J. Peterson -- Barth (1919-1922) and the power of the gospel (Romans 1:16-17) / Mark W. Elliott -- VI. Ethics and politics. Karl Barth's Commentary on Romans 8:18-25 : an ecological reading / Sarah Stewart-Kroeker -- Das Problem der Ethik in Karl Barths Römerbriefkommentar : im Vergleich mit Søren Kierkegaards Ethik der Liebe / Claudia Welz -- Ethics and the catastrophe of grace : faith's obedience in the ruins of religion / Philip G. Ziegler -- Reading Karl Barth's Römerbrief 1919 for a postcolonial era of theology / Amy Marga -- Marcionism in Barth's theology? : clarifications and developments / Matthias D. Wüthrich -- VII. Religion, liturgy and theology. Que penser et que faire de la radicalité à l'œuvre chez Barth? / Pierre Gisel -- Existence between God and the no-god / Declan Kelly -- At the "zero-point" of faith : the clash of old man and new in the Römerbrief and Barth's later doctrine of sanctification / Cambria Janae Kaltwasser -- Calvin's "Christian philosophy" in Barth's Römerbrief / François Dermange -- Barth's Römerbrief and liturgy's formative function : critique and prospect / Luke Zerra -- Did Karl Barth put an end to theology? / Anthony Feneuil.

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Karl Barth's commentary on Paul's epistle to the Romans, in its two editions (1919 and 1922), is one of the most significant works published in Christian theology in the 20th century. This book, which landed "like a bombshell on the theologians' playground," still deserves close scrutiny one hundred years after its publication. In this volume, New Testament scholars, philosophers of religion and systematic theologians ponder the intricacies of Barth's "expressionistic" commentary, pointing out the ways in which Barth interprets Paul's epistle for his own day, how this actualized interpretation of the apostle's message challenged the theology of Barth's time, and how some of the insights he articulated in 1919 and in 1922 have shaped Christian theology up to our day. With his commentary, the young Swiss pastor paved the way for a renewed, intensely theological interpretation of the Scriptures. The volume thus centers of some of the key themes which run through Barth's commentary: faith as divine gift beyond any human experience or psychological data, the Easter event as the turning point of the world's history, God's judgment and mercy and God's one Word in Jesus Christ. This volume represents a major contribution to the interpretation of Karl Barth's early thought. -- Publisher's description.

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