Karl Barth on the Doctrine of Vocation and Witness

College Wycliffe College
Instructor(s) Demson, David
Course Code WYT5563HS
Semester Second Semester
Section 9101
Online No
Credits One Credit
Location Online – Synchronous
Description

Karl Barth develops his christology in terms of Christ's priestly, kingly and prophetic work. As priest Christ justifies us; as king He sanctifies us; as prophet He calls us. In this seminar course its members will examine Barth's account of calling, its occurrence and its goal. Barth develops his understanding of calling in terms of witness. The course will attend to Barth's account of Jesus Christ as the true witness and follow this theme as Barth develops it in an exposition of the book of Job. The course will next examine how Barth explains how Christians are drawn into Christ's witness, themselves being constituted witnesses. The course will conclude with Barth's description of sin as falsehood, which arises from different sorts of denials of Christ's prophecy and is overcome only by God's judgment upon it. The readings in the course will be in Church Dogmatics IV/3.

Schedule Tue
Start Time 14:00
End Time 16:00
Hours Per Week 2
Minimum Enrolment 10
Maximum Enrolment 20
Teaching Method
Readings
Tutorial
Means of Evaluation
Class Participation
Summative Paper
Other
Previously Offered Winter 2019
Currently Offered Winter 2022