Barth

Barth

1. Theology of revalation

2. The sovereignty of God

   • God elects the human being in Christ

3. God affirms human beings in christ

4. Joy in the midst of contradiction

5. what is the significance of the life to come?

6. God's grace surpasses human sin

7. This elected being as God's creature

8. God's election of the human being through Christ

9. predestination

   • God's going to decide who's going to be saved

10. Liberal theology

    • religion is primarily about human meaning and experience
      • we can rework religious symbols on the basis of our experience
        • we can build a culture on the basis of religious values
          • the place of scripture and the tradition

11. Barth doesn't like language of attributes

12. fails to recognise that God is a part of us

13. "Theological anthropology... foundation

    • to know God is to know outselves
      • understand limitations
        • can't understand own motivations
          • not available to ourselves

14. human creatureliness

    • presupposes our relationship with God

15. not equal amounts of good and bad in life

    • no fair
      • not final word with disability
        • more emphasis on praise and joy
          • God is still good
            • easy to project our thoughts onto God

16. more concrete definition for human that includes those with disability