Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict

Dr. Christiane Tietz speaks about her tremendous biography, Karl Barth: A Life in Conflict (Oxford University Press, 2021). Dr. Tietz is Professor for Systematic Theology at the Institute of Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Zurich. From 2008 until 2013 she was Professor for Systematic Theology and Social Ethics at the University of Mainz. She was visiting lecturer or research scholar in Cambridge, Chicago, Heidelberg, Jerusalem, New York, and Princeton. Dr. Tietz is a judge for the Karl Barth-Prize and a member of the Advisory Board of the Karl Barth-Foundation, Basel. 00:00 Introduction 04:26 Barth Biographies 09:43 Son of a Pastor and Theologian 13:08 Barth’s Education 15:20 Pastoral Ministry in Safenwil 19:07 The Manifesto of the 93 23:47 Barth and Charlotte Von Kirschbaum 40:10 Barth’s Guilt over His Arrangement 42:37 Barth’s Protest against the Nazis 47:58 The Barmen Declaration 50:03 Lessons for Today 52:49 Conclusion This is Christ the Center episode 730 (https://www.reformedforum.org/ctc730)