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In this series of lectures delivered in the period immediately preceding World War II, Barth addresses the major topics of systematic theology. The reader gets a glimpse of the depth of Barth's thinking in these brief discourses, which he expanded upon greatly in his major work, 'Church Dogmatics.'...

These lectures on that teaching [of the Reformed church on natural theology] will not take the form of an independent outline, but will be connected with a 'document' of the Reformation. Further, taking into account the specifically Scottish character of the Gifford foundation, this document will...

In this essay, Barth discusses the relationship between Christ and Adam as understood by Paul. Moving beyond traditional exegetical and theological scholarship done on Romans 5, Barth offers an entirely new interpretation of the conception of humanity presented in Paul's view of the Christ-Adam relationship....

The Apostles' Creed is the foundation of Christian faith. The interpretive version of the Apostles' Creed formulated by the Swiss reformer John Calvin in his Catechism has been the basis of Protestant theological education for centuries. In The Faith of the Church, Karl Barth, one of the powerful...

This important book, by a theologian regarded as the most eminent of this century, explains the Apostle's Creed as a foundation of the Christian religion.

Originally published in German in an edition edited by Dietrich Braun, Karl Barth's Ethics is at last available in English. This volume, containing lectures given as courses at the University at Munster in 1928 and 1929, represents Barth's first systematic attempt at a theological account of Christian...

'The Great Promise' gives a powerful exegesis of the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke which tells the story of the Advent - the birth of John the Baptist, preparing for the birth of Christ. It consists of four stenographically recorded biblical lectures which Karl Barth gave to his theology students...

Karl Barth's lectures on the first chapter of the Gospel of John, delivered at Muenster in 1925-26 and at Bonn in 1933, came at an important time in his life, when he was turning his attention more fully to dogmatics. Theological interpretation was thus his primary concern, especially the relation...

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La société contemporaine est caractérisée par le développement de la précarité. Son installation ainsi que celle d’un chômage massif comme formes habituelles du statut professionnel, l’explosion des CDD, de l’intérim et des temps partiels imposés ont métamorphosé le monde du travail.  Le...

Jeanne Hébuterne est une jeune fille quand, en 1916, elle rencontre Amedeo Modigliani. De quinze ans son aîné, il est un artiste «  maudit  », vivant dans la misère, à Montparnasse. Elle veut s’émanciper de ses parents et de son frère, et devenir peintre elle aussi. Ils tombent fous amoureux....

« Je dois y retourner, c’est insupportable de le savoir ici, lui qui marche et vit non loin. Non, il ne s’agit pas encore de l’éveil, du vrai, c’est mon attention seule qu’il éveille pour l’instant, et c’est en dessous, plus loin, que nous allons éclore et tomber et rouler. Je...