Professor D. Densil Morgan holds a personal chair at the University of Bangor and has previously taught at Princeton Theological Seminary in the United States. He is the author of The Humble God: a Basic Course in Christian Doctrine and is currently writing a volume on the reception of the theology of Karl Barth in Britain.

Terrific . . . This really is a readable, accessible introduction that takes account of some of the most recent Barth scholarship. It is highly recommended for those coming to Barth's work for the first time' Oliver D. Crisp, Reader in Theology, University of Bristol D. Densil Morgan makes Barth's often complex, rich and provocative thinking accessible to a wide audience. He provides an introduction to the daunting, multi volume The Church Dogmatics, sketches the central themes of Barth's work and familiarizes the reader with the way Barth approached theological issues.

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1. Young man Barth

2. The pastor of Safenwil

3. Göttingen and Münster

4. The Bonn years

5. The doctrine of the Word of God

6. The doctrine of God

7. The doctrine of creation

8. The doctrine of reconciliation

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Morgan, D Densil

__This really is a readable, accessible introduction that takes account of some of the most recent Barth scholarship.__

"It is highly recommended for those coming to Barth's work for the first time." Oliver D. Crisp, Reader in Theology, University of Bristol

D. Densil Morgan makes Barth's often complex, rich and provocative thinking accessible to a wide audience. He provides an introduction to the daunting, multi volume The Church Dogmatics, sketches the central themes of Barth's work and familiarizes the reader with the way Barth approached theological issues.

Densil Morgan makes Barth's often complex, rich and provocative thinking accessible to a wide audience. He provides an introduction to the daunting, multi volume The Church Dogmatics, sketches the central themes of Barth's work and familiarizes the reader with the way Barth approached theological issues.

Terrific... This really is a readable, accessible introduction that takes account of some of the most recent Barth scholarship. It is highly recommended for those coming to Barth's work for the first time.' Oliver D. Crisp, Reader in Theology, University of Bristol 'Of the many introductions to Barth, this ranks as one of the best. The clarity and ease of its exposition of Barth's life and thought are exceptional, as is its alertness to the deep impulses of Barth's theology. As the book guides readers through the great sweeps of Barth's arguments, it conveys the excitement and provocation which his work generates. Novices and seasoned readers alike will gain a great deal from this generous and perceptive account.' John Webster, Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen

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Barth is one of those figures who looms large on the horizon in any discussion of theology in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. There are two reasons for this: firstly, his approach to theology and his dogged engagement with the text of the Bible yielded rich and challenging results. His was a path which those growing weary of late nineteenth century liberal theology could walk, yet he was also viewed with suspicion by the evangelical wing of the church. Second, his literary output was enormous. The Church Dogmatics will stretch for a couple of feet on a shelf and there are few who have engaged fully with his work. As a result he tends to exist in clichés.  
Densil Morgan has undertaken a daunting task in bringing Barth to the new reader in only 116 pages. In doing this he has taken the Church Dogmatics as his guiding structure, and written chapters, The doctrines of the Word of God, God, Creation and Reconciliation. Before this there are four chapters which give a biographical overview of Barth, including discussions on his influences.  
This is an accessible and enjoyable introduction to someone who is an important figure in modern theological thought. That Morgan has managed to survey so vast an output in so short a span is to be commended.

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