: Paul Silas Peterson
: The Early Karl Barth Historical Contexts and Intellectual Formation 1905-1935
: Mohr Siebeck
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Paul Silas Peterson presents Karl Barth (1886-1968) in his sociopolitical, cultural, ecclesial and theological contexts from 1905 to 1935. The time period begins in 1905, as Barth began to prepare for a speech on the 'social question' (which he held in 1906). It ends in 1935, the year he returned to Switzerland from Germany. In the foreground of Peterson's inquiry is Barth's relation to the features of his time, especially radical socialist ideology, WWI, an intellectual trend that would later be called the Conservative Revolution, the German Christians, the Young Reformation Movement, and National Socialism. Barth's view of and interaction with the Jews is also analyzed along with other issues, such as radical thinking, anti-liberalism, alterity, anti- or trans-historicism, Expressionism, and New Objectivity. The author also addresses specific questions disputed in the secondary literature, such as Barth's theological development, the place of WWI in his intellectual development, his role in the Dehn Case, his reaction to the rise of fascism in Europe, his relationship to 19thcentury modern liberal Protestantism, his relationship to the Leonhard Ragaz-wing of the Religious Socialists, and his relationship to the Weimar Republic.

Born 1979; theological studies in Portland, Edinburgh and Tübingen; Privatdozent Dr. theol., Protestant Faculty of Theology of the University of Tübingen.
Cover1
Foreword8
Contents10
Abbreviations14
Introduction??????????????????????????????????????16
1. The historization of Barth and biographical overview????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????24
The historization of Barth??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????24
Biographical overview31
1886–1909 Family background and study32
1909–1921 Pastor in Switzerland34
1921–1935 Professor in Germany36
2. Society, politics and culture around 190037
The old bourgeoisie and the new socialists??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????37
Radical youth42
WWI, anti-liberalism and radical socialisms????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????45
3. Theology and Religious Socialism around 190055
German language Protestant theology around 1900????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????55
Religious Socialism around 1900????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????66
4. Weimar Protestantism and the Barth-Gogarten Group??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????72
Protestantism in the Weimar Republic72
The Barth-Gogarten Group??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????77
Chapter One: Socialism, Marburg and WWI (1905–1919)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????86
1. Early socialist writings and Marburg theology??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????88
2. WWI, Religious Socialism, Friedrich Naumann and Martin Rade??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????108
3. Post–1914 Religious Socialism, the Third International and WWI????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????122
Post–1914 Religious Socialism????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????122
The Third International????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????140
WWI and Barth’s intellectual development145
Chapter Two: Romans, Overbeck, Harnack and Ethics (1919–1931)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????156
1. Romans 1919, Franz Overbeck and the Tambach Address??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????156
Romans 1919????????????????????????????????????156
Friedrich Naumann, Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????166
“The Christian in society” (Tambach Address) and “From being right and being wrong”170
Franz Overbeck and “Unresolved inquiries into today’s theology”????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????177
2. Romans 1922, Paul Althaus, Alfred Daniel and Adolf von Harnack????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????183
Romans 1922????????????????????????????????????184
Paul Althaus and “Fundamental questions of Christian social ethics” (spring 1922)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????198
“Letter to the Christian communist” ( July, 1922) and “The Word of God as assignment of theology” (October, 1922)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????202
Harnack – Barth correspondence (January–May, 1923)205
3. Piper Case, Wilhelm Stapel, Ethics, “How long?”??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????211
Piper Case ( July 19–31, 1923) and an academic gathering in Göttingen????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????211
Public correspondence with Wilhelm Stapel (April–June, 1926)215
Ethics Lectures (Münster and Bonn, 1928–1931)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????220
“How long?” (“Quousque tandem?” 1930)232
Chapter Three: The Dehn Case (1931–1932)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????236
1. Statement on the Dehn Case and “Questions to ‘Christianity’”????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????237
Background of the Günther Dehn Case????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????237
“Questions to ‘Christianity’” (December, 1931)245
2. Article on the Dehn Case and correspondence with Emanuel Hirsch??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????247
Barth’s article in the Hochschulblatt der Frankfurter Zeitung on the Dehn Case (February, 1932)252
3. “Protestantism of the present”????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????262
Chapter Four: National Socialism and Theological existence today! (1932–1935)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????270
1. The Altona Confession, 1933 and the Young Reformation Movement????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????270
The Altona Confession ( January 11, 1933)????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????270
First responses to Hitler’s rise to power273
German Christians and the Young Reformation Movement??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????281
2. Theological existence today! 1–2, Miles Bouton, “Departure” from Between the Times????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????288
Theological existence today! (Theologische Existenz heute! Nr. 1, June 25, 1933)288
“For the freedom of the gospel” (Theologische Existenz heute! Nr. 2, Ju