Interpreting the theology of Barth in light of Nietzsche's dictum "God is dead"

Groenewald, Andre Johannes

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dc.contributor.author	Groenewald, Andre Johannes
dc.date.accessioned	2007-11-23T08:22:10Z
dc.date.available	2007-11-23T08:22:10Z
dc.date.issued	2007-12
dc.description.abstract	Karl Barth responded with his theology to Nietzsche’s dictum “God is dead” by stating that God is the living God. God does not need the human race to exist. God reveals God self to humankind whenever God wills. Barth agreed with Nietzsche that the god of the nineteenth century was a “Nicht-Gott”. The article aims to discus Karl Barth’s respons to Nietzsche’s impulse towards the development of a concept of God that would lead to neither atheism nor theism. The article argues that Barth paved the way for talking about God by defining God as the “communicative God”.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Groenewald, AJ 2007, 'Interpreting the theology of Barth in light of Nietzsche's dictum "God is dead"', HTS : Theological Studies, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 1429-1445. [http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_hervorm.html]	en
dc.identifier.issn	0259-9422
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/4008
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en
dc.rights	Reformed Theological College, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria	en
dc.subject	Communicative God	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Barth, Karl, 1886-1968	ger
dc.subject.lcsh	Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900	ger
dc.subject.lcsh	Death of God theology	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Nihilism (Philosophy)	en
dc.subject.lcsh	God -- Attributes	en
dc.title	Interpreting the theology of Barth in light of Nietzsche's dictum "God is dead"	en
dc.type	Article	en