A Theology of the Third Article; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Spirit of Objectivity and Subjectivity; The Spirit of Reality and Possibility; The Spirit of Truth and Time; The Spirit of Being and Becoming; The Spirit of Election and Obedience; Conclusion; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
Summary
Toward the end of his career, Karl Barth made the provocative statement that perhaps what Schleiermacher was up to was a "theology of the third-article" and that he anticipated in the future that a true third-article theology would appear. Many interpreters took that to indicate not only a change in Barth's perception of Schleiermacher but also as a self-referential critique. The author investigates this claim and argues for a Barthian pneumatology-a doctrine of the Holy Spirit grounded in the scriptural witness and connected to Barth's vital Christological and dialectical theology
