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2.0
Reading Barth for the first time outside of a university setting, beyond a passage or two, was very interesting. On opening this book, I didn't realise how conservative Barth was. I expected many things to be questioned and tested in this book but his faith was not one of them.
Although reading Barth can be grinding, I did have some A-HA moments. These mainly occurred in the chapters on the Church and Christian Ethics. I particularly rejoiced when he highlighted the hierarchy of the Church and the authorities in it as invalid to the Word of the Lord where only the whole congregation can be a Church.
There were also some moving thoughts in the Ethics section that I enjoyed, particularly those around God's grace and overall equality among humankind.
I only give it two stars because there is no denying it was hard going, often unnecessarily so.
Although reading Barth can be grinding, I did have some A-HA moments. These mainly occurred in the chapters on the Church and Christian Ethics. I particularly rejoiced when he highlighted the hierarchy of the Church and the authorities in it as invalid to the Word of the Lord where only the whole congregation can be a Church.
There were also some moving thoughts in the Ethics section that I enjoyed, particularly those around God's grace and overall equality among humankind.
I only give it two stars because there is no denying it was hard going, often unnecessarily so.
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