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As in a mirror : John Calvin and Karl Barth on knowing God : a diptych / by C. van der Kooi ; translated by Donald Mader.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kooi, Cornelis van der.
- Series:
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 120.
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 0081-8607 ; v. 120
- Standardized Title:
- Als in een spiegel. English
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- God (Christianity)--Knowableness--History of doctrines.
- God (Christianity).
- Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564.
- Calvin, Jean.
- Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.
- Barth, Karl.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (496 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, 2005.
- Language Note:
- Latin
- Summary:
- What does it really mean, to know God? What are the grounds for knowing God, what feeds that knowledge, and what is really known? In his search for answers to these questions, in two panels the author paints for us a clear picture of what Calvin and Barth had to say about knowing God: Calvin against the background of pre-modern culture, Barth in response to a post-Kantian culture inclined to agnosticism. Between them, like a hinge between the two panels, we find the philosophy of Kant. The two epochal theological figures are placed next to each other, but without this being at the expense of the power of either. The study does not stop with detached historical analysis, but nourishes the author's own reflection toward a systematic design.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- PART I. JOHN CALVIN
- 2. Ways of Knowing
- 3. God: Judge and Father
- 4. The Supper and Knowledge of God
- THE HINGE
- 5. The Turn to the Subject in Kant's Philosophy
- PART II. KARL BARTH
- 6. The Way of Knowing God
- 7. The Doctrine of God
- 8. New Space for Human Action: Barth's View of the Sacrament
- EVALUATION
- 9. Profit and Loss
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Terms.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-466) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-85989-X
- 9786610859894
- 1-4294-2698-5
- 90-474-0522-6
- 1-4337-0385-8
- OCLC:
- 171561480
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047405221 DOI
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