Barth's Reconciliation Ethics

This course will examine the two sections Barth wrote for his planned volume of the Church Dogmatics IV/4 on Reconciliation Ethics; namely, "Baptism as the Foundation of the Christian Life" and "The Christian Life According to the Guidance of the Lord's Prayer". Topics examined will include: Ethics as a task of the Doctrine of Reconciliation, The Central Problem of Special Ethics, Spirit Baptism and Water Baptism, Divine Agency and Human Agency, Baptism in Church History, Invocation, The Known and Unknown God, The Precedence of the Word of God, The Struggle for Human Righteousness, The Revolt Against Disorder, The Lordless Powers, Fiat lustitia.