Giving Thanks for the Gift of Life: Karl Barth on Gratitude to God for One's Own Life

This essay considers Karl Barth’s conception of gratitude to God, and the significance of being grateful for one’s own life within his doctrine of creation. I argue that Barth’s account of gratitude authorizes an affirmation of one’s own life that avoids the trappings of the egoistic self-love that...

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Main Author: Anderson, Matthew Lee (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 10
Further subjects:B Gratitude
B Mozart
B Karl Barth
B Creation
B Beethoven
B Optimism
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