A review by dbg108
Dogmatics in Outline by Karl Barth

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I do not wish to be uncharitable towards former generations' attempts to name the divine. However, this book is representative of an approach to faith that is rooted in insecure and un-self-aware power dynamics. Religious people would do well to altogether abandon Barth's approach to faith and theology and to happily admit that 1) we have no idea what is True and 2) that our faith is important to us because we are vulnerable humans and need to believe in something larger than ourselves so that we feel okay. And now I'm going to have some tea and lemon cake.