Publisher's Synopsis
Karl Barth (1886-1968) is probably the most industrious and best-known theologian of the 20th century. With his death a theological era came to an end. This end corresponded to the turnaround of the spirit of the time in the sense of the movement of 1968. Since then liberal theological approaches have once again gained predominance, but not the sole dominance. Half a century after Barth a review is appropriate: where and to what extent this great theologian is still influential? In what way a stronger recourse to his former Theology of Crisis and his Church Dogmatics would be good for theology and church today and even for our world in crisis? Renowned theologians, including Barth's last assistant, Eberhard Busch, are addressing these questions here.
