Our God Loves Justice
Author | : W. Travis McMaken |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2017-11-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781506438528 |
ISBN-13 | : 1506438520 |
Rating | : 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Helmut Gollwitzer was a direct heir of the theological legacy of the great Protestant theologian Karl Barth. More than any of Barth‘s other interpreters, Gollwitzer embraced and extended the sociopolitical impulses and implications within Barth‘s theology. In this, Gollwitzer embodies a salient and necessary alternative in the American context of increasingly intertwined theological and political discourses. This volume, the first book-length study of Gollwitzer available in English, provides a helpful introduction to the life, theology, and political thought of this crucial theologian and public intellectual.