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Karl Barth

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Karl Barth

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Also known as Barth, Karl, 1886-1968

Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)

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Karl Barth (1886–1968) was a male figure associated with France. He had five children. His literary output includes 714 works, with notable titles such as *The theology of John Calvin*, *Theologie für Jedermann*, and *Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756/1956*. Other works include *說教の本質と実際* and *イスカリオテのユダ*.

Barth is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His writings have been referenced by 1,170 other encyclopedia articles. He is also associated with a set of quotes, including statements on faith, grace, and the relationship between the Bible and newspapers.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1886
Died
1968
Works
714

Top works

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756/1956
  • 說教の本質と実際
  • The theology of John Calvin
  • Theologie für Jedermann
  • イスカリオテのユダ

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
27
Total plays
94

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Standards and guidelines for the interpretation of sequence variants: a joint consensus recommendation of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology

    · 2015 · cited 29,125x

  2. Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma

    · 2005 · cited 18,733x

  3. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,787x

  4. An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design

    · 2012 · cited 11,732x

  5. Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    · 2018 · cited 9,660x

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Quotes

  • “For the millions that suffer unjustly, the Confessing Church does not yet have a heart.”
  • “What expressions we used – in part taken over and in part newly invented! — above all, the famous 'wholly other' breaking in upon us ‘perpendicularly from above,’ the not less famous 'infinite qualitative distinction' between God and man, the vacuum, the mathematical point, and the tangent in which alone they must meet.”
  • “Take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.”
  • “Faith is never identical with "piety" even if it were the purest and finest.”
  • “Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace.”
  • “Faith in God's revelation has nothing to do with an ideology which glorifies the status quo.”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Karl
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Basel
Place of death
Basel
Sibling
Heinrich Barth
Occupation
writer
Educated at
University of Göttingen
Employer
Duke University
Political party
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
Languages spoken
German
Notable work
The Epistle to the Romans
Academic degree
Doctor of Divinity
Image
Karl Barth Bundesarchiv Bild.png
Number of children
5
Work location
Basel
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Commons category
Karl Barth
member of
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
topic's main category
Category:Karl Barth
influenced by
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
date of birth
1886-05-10
date of death
1968-12-10
name in native language
Karl Barth
on focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
P8168
anejaculation
writing language
German
municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
Basel
subject has role
eponym
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Encyclopedic overview

Karl Barth (/bɑːrt, bɑːrθ/; Swiss Standard German: [bart]; (1886-05-10)10 May 1886 – (1968-12-10)10 December 1968) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary The Epistle to the Romans, his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declaration, and especially his unfinished multi-volume theological summa the Church Dogmatics (published between 1932 and 1967). Barth's influence expanded well beyond the academic realm to mainstream culture, leading him to be featured on the cover of Time on 20 April 1962.

Like many Protestant theologians of his generation, Barth was educated in a liberal theology influenced by Adolf von Harnack, Friedrich Schleiermacher and others. His pastoral career began in the rural Swiss town of Safenwil, where he was known as the "Red Pastor from Safenwil". There he became increasingly disillusioned with the liberal Christianity in which he had been trained. This led him to write the first edition of his The Epistle to the Romans (a.k.a. Romans I), published in 1919, in which he resolved to read the New Testament differently.

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