God's definite command?: Some theological thoughts on a puzzling theme in Barth's ethics

One of the most puzzling features of Barth's ethics is the insistence that God's divine command encounters us so definitely and concretely that it simply requires immediate and unquestioning obedience. This article offers an interpretation of these comments by reading them through the fram...

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Published in:Scottish journal of theology
Main Author: Bartholomaeus, Michael 1988- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2022
In: Scottish journal of theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Barth, Karl 1886-1968 / Secularism / Word of God / Ethics / Command
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDD Protestant Church
NBB Doctrine of Revelation
NBC Doctrine of God
NCA Ethics
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Karl Barth
B Word of God
B command
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Summary:One of the most puzzling features of Barth's ethics is the insistence that God's divine command encounters us so definitely and concretely that it simply requires immediate and unquestioning obedience. This article offers an interpretation of these comments by reading them through the framework of Barth's description of the secularity, one-sidedness and spirituality of God's Word in Church Dogmatics I/1. Such a reading suggests that Barth's comments are not promoting a foolproof and immediate way of adjudicating ethical quandaries but orient us to the commanding Lord who goes before us.
ISSN:1475-3065
Contains:Enthalten in: Scottish journal of theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S003693062200031X