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Barthianism

[ bahr-tee-uh-niz-uhm, -thee- ]

noun

  1. the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Barthianism1

First recorded in 1930–35; Barthian + -ism
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Example Sentences

And in Roger’s Version, Barthianism is about the only refuge for Roger from all the besieging elements that would deprive one of one’s faith—both science, which Dale tries to use on behalf of the theist point of view, and the watering down of theology with liberal values.”

From Slate

Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the ablest of Protestant theologians, has been influenced by him. and Princeton Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian stronghold, has shown leanings toward Barthianism.

Of European conditions upon which Barthianism battens.

With God outside him, man can only listen when God speaks�a form of dialogue, mostly one-sided, which gives Barthianism its alternative name of "dialectic theology."

Barthianism rejects Modernism in so far as Modernism throws out too much of the Bible, too much of God.

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