The Notion of Mission in Karl Barth's Ecclesiology Book

Dedication v

List of Abbreviations ix

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

1 Theoretical framework xiv

2 Research problem and objectives xv

3 Research design xvii

4 Research methodology xix

Chapter 1 Karl Barth and the Church: A Theological Problem 1

1 Introduction 1

2 Who was Karl Barth? 3

3 What is the Church? 7

4 Barth's problem with the church 17

Conclusion 19

Chapter 2 The Church and God 21

1 Introduction 21

2 The Gathering of the Community 23

3 Upbuilding the Community 33

4 Sending the Community 37

Chapter 3 Ecumenical Mission: The Church's Mission to Itself 41

1 Introduction 41

2 Is there a place for denominations in Barth's ecclesiology? 42

3 Engaging with different Confessional movements 46

4 How does Barth see the ecumenical movement? 57

Conclusion 61

Chapter 4 The Church and Religion 63

1 Introduction 63

2 The relationship between Christianity and Judaism in the theologies of Hans Küng and Jürgen Moltmann 64

3 The Church and Truth 69

4 The Church and Revelation 74

4.1 Truth and Revelation 74

5 The expression of Truth 81

6 The Church and Israel: Christianity and Judaism 83

7 Jesus Christ and Christianity 88

Chapter 5 The Church's Mission to the "Faithless" 97

1 Introduction 97

2 Election 99

3 The personal nature of the Incarnation 108

4 Salvation 111

5 Teaching on the Sacrament of Baptism 114

6 Universalism 118

Chapter 6 Barth's Definition of Church in Politics and Culture 121

1 Introduction 121

2 Karl Barth's political activity and theology 121

3 Politics, ethics and theology 131

4 State-focussed Mission in South Africa 136

Conclusion 144

Chapter 7 The End of the Church or the Church's end? 145

1 Introduction 145

2 What does Barth's church look like? 146

3 What conclusions can be drawn from these observations? 170

4 How do these conclusions compare to other studies? 171

5 Questions to the modern church 173

Bibliography 177

Index 189