Karl Barth's Theology of Relations: Trinitarian, Christological, and Human : Towards an Ethic of the FamilyBarth's theology of relations (the analogia relationis) provides the key to the interconnection between Christian theology and ethics. This comprehensive study shows how Barth saw the nature of covenantal relationship revealed and actualized in Jesus Christ to be grounded in the trinitarian relations of Father, Son, and Spirit. The relational nature of humanity and of the command of God to humanity are, in turn, founded upon this christological and trinitarian basis. The charge that Barth's biblical and theological approach is ethically barren is refuted in two ways. First, Dr. Deddo shows how incisively Barth's trinitarian theology of relations informs his special ethics of the parent-child relationship. Then, the fruitfulness of Barth's approach for enriching and critiquing both Christian and nonreligious approaches to family relations is demonstrated by way of comparison with those formulated by Ray Anderson and Dennis Gurnsey, James Dobson, Salvador Minuchen, and Rudolph Dreikhurs. Finally, the value of Barth's theology of relations is shown through some preliminary investigations into nine issues facing the modern family such as procreation, adoption, and child-rearing. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Christological Starting Point for a Theology of Relations | 10 |
Son Father and Holy Spirit | 18 |
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action actual Alan Torrance analogia relationis analogy aspect authority Barth's theological Barth's understanding basis bear witness become being-in-relationship biblical witness biological calls children of God Christian Christological Church Dogmatics command communion concept correspondence covenant relationship covenantal relationship created creation creature determination differentiation discipline discussion distinction divine Dobson dynamic election eschatological essentially external fact faith Father fellowship freedom fulfillment gender given God's grace gracious grammar grounded Guernsey Holy Spirit human existence human relationships humankind Ibid imago Dei indicates individual interaction interpreted involves Jesus Christ Karl Barth living marriage means nature obedience ontological parent and child parent-child relationship parents and children participation perichoresis persons perspective procreation Ray Anderson reality reflection regard relational grammar responsibility revealed significance special ethics sphere T. F. Torrance theological anthropology theology of relations Thou trinitarian Trinity Triune God triune relations true unity Word