AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionBarth's ‘Radical
Correction' of the Protestant Orthodox Doctrine in III/3§49.1 The
Divine
Preserving§49.2 The Divine Accompanying§49.3 The Divine
Rulling§49.4 The
Christian Under the Universal Lordship of God the Father§50 God
and
Nothingness§51 The Kingdom of Heaven, the Ambassadors of God and
Their
OpponentsA Doxological TheologyBibliography
An examination of Barth's understanding of God's providence and the Reformed theology of Prayer, based on CD III/3.
Christopher Green earned his PhD from King's College, Aberdeen
and is Lecturer in Theology at Wesley
Institute; Sydney, Australia.
‘Of the making of books about Barth's theology there appears to be
no end. All credit to Christopher Green, then; for focusing on a
relatively unexplored corner of Barth's thought - his doctrine of
providence - and for doing it the way Barth does it, using the
Lord's Prayer as an interpretive framework. This is an
exceptionally close reading of Barth's christological correction of
a central pillar of Reformed theology.' - Kevin J. Vanhoozer,
Blanchard Professor of Theology, Wheaton College Graduate School,
USA
*Kevin J. Vanhoozer*
‘In this book Green offers a careful and insightful exploration of
volume III/3 of Barth's /Church Dogmatics/ - one of the most
important yet one of the least investigated parts of Barth's
corpus. Green's exposition and analysis proceeds with both a deep
sensitivity for the internal coherence of the rather diverse topics
covered in III/3 and a firm awareness of the broader content and
form of Barth's theology. At times creative, at times
controversial, Green is always engaging: this book is destined to
become a necessary conversation-point for any future work in this
research area.' - Paul T. Nimmo, The University of Edinburgh,
UK.
*Paul T. Nimmo*
Barth scholars will be engaged with Green’s adjudication of the
various related issues vis-à-vis the relevant secondary literature
especially in the footnotes, while a range of other readers, from
postliberals to evangelicals and even pentecostals, will appreciate
the fundamentally performative theology of providence presented in
this excellent first book.
*Religious Studies Review*
Christopher Green has provided a lucid examination of Church
Dogmatics III/3, showing how, for Barth, a commitment to belief in
God’s providence compels the human creature to pray for God’s will
to be done on earth as in heaven ... Green’s study is articulate
and well crafted, and is more an attentive and appreciative
commentary than a critique (his critical comments surface mainly in
footnotes and the concluding chapter). Comparison of Barth with
other scholars on providence and evil should not be expected, for
Green purposely wants to give ear to Barth’s voice alone, and he
does so admirably ... Throughout, Green expertly draws out the
themes of prayer and praise as they shape Barth’s engagement with
and correction of the Reformed tradition ... Doxological Theology
is a masterly analysis of a challenging text.
*Journal of Theological Studies (Vol. 64.2)*
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