Revelation as apologetic category: a reconsideration of Karl Barth's engagement with Ludwig Feuerbach's critique of religion

This article examines Karl Barth's engagement with the philosophy of religion of Ludwig Feuerbach. In The Essence of Christianity, Feuerbach proposes that religion is a function of human projection and that the Christian concept of God represents the crystallisation in one objectified subject o...

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Published in:Scottish journal of theology
Main Author: Cumming, Richard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Scottish journal of theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Feuerbach, Ludwig 1804-1872 / Critique of religion / Barth, Karl 1886-1968 / Religion / Theological anthropology
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDD Protestant Church
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Ludwig Feuerbach
B Karl Barth
B Revelation
B Philosophy of religion
B Theological Anthropology
B Apologetics
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