Emil Brunner A Reappraisal 1st Edition by Alister McGrath ISBN 1119283418 9781119283416

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ISBN 10: 1119283418 
ISBN 13: 9781119283416
Author: Alister E. McGrath

In Emil Brunner: A Reappraisal, renowned theologian Alister E. McGrath presents a comprehensive intellectual history of Emil Brunner, the highly influential Swiss theologian who was instrumental in shaping modern Protestant theology. 

• Explores Brunner’s theological development and offers a critical engagement of his theology
• Examines the role that Brunner played in shaping the characteristics of dialectical theology
• Reveals the complex and shifting personal and professional relationship between Brunner and Barth
• Delves into the reasons for Brunner’s contemporary neglect in theological scholarship
• Represents the only book-length study of Brunner’s works and significance in the English language

Emil Brunner A Reappraisal 1st Table of contents:

1. Emil Brunner: The Origins of a Theological Mind, 1914–1924

   • Theological Studies at Zurich
   • Pastoral Ministry and Contacts in England
   • The Swiss Crisis of Identity, 1914–1919
   • Brunner and Dialectical Theology: The Origins of an Ambivalent Relationship
   • Brunner in America, 1919–1920
   • Brunner, Barth, and Thurneysen: Continuing Debate
   • The Quest for Recognition: Erlebnis, Erkenntnis und Glaube (1921–2)
   • Brunner and American Psychology of Religion
   • The Limits of Humanity: Reflections on Revelation and Reason (1922)
   • The Critique of Schleiermacher: Die Mystik und das Wort (1924)

2. Part I: The Making of a Dialectical Theologian

   • Brunner’s Theology of Crisis: Critique and Construction, 1924–1929
   • The 1925 Inaugural Lecture at Zurich: Revelation and Theology
   • Reason and Theology: An Ecclesial Engagement (1927)
   • The Mediator: A Manifesto for Dialectical Theology (1927)
   • The Trinity: Dogma, not Kerygma
   • The American Reception of the “Theology of Crisis” (1928)

3. Reflections on the Tasks of Theology, 1929–1933

   • Crisis: The Rise of Ideology in Western Europe, 1920–1935
   • Brunner’s Challenge to Ideology: The “Other Task of Theology” (1929)
   • Presenting Dialectical Theology in Britain: The Word and the World (1931)
   • A Theological Ethics: The Divine Imperative (1932)
   • A Problematic Liaison: Brunner and the Oxford Group
   • The Work of the Holy Spirit: The Copenhagen Lectures (1934)

4. Natural Theology? The Barth–Brunner Debate of 1934

   • Natural Theology: A Contested Notion
   • Karl Barth’s Views on Natural Theology, 1918–1933
   • A Game-Changer: The Nazi Power Grab of 1933
   • Brunner’s Public Criticism of Barth: Nature and Grace (1934)
   • Brunner’s Later Views on Natural Theology: Revelation and Reason (1941)
   • Barth’s Response: No! (1934)

5. Brunner’s Theological Anthropology: Man in Revolt (1937)

   • The Need for a Theological Anthropology
   • The Impossibility of an “Objective” Anthropology
   • The Dependence of Humanity on God
   • The “Contradiction” within Humanity
   • The Image of God and Human Identity
   • Humanity and Evolution: The Limits of Darwinism

6. Objectivity and Subjectivity in Theology: Truth as Encounter (1937)

   • Object and Subject in Theology: The Context to Brunner’s Thought
   • Objectivity and Subjectivity: Brunner’s Criticism of Existing Paradigms
   • Overcoming the Object-Subject Impasse: Brunner’s Strategy
   • The Implications of Brunner’s Notion of “Truth as Encounter”
   • America: The Call to Princeton Theological Seminary, 1937–1939

7. Part II: Consolidation: Brunner’s Vision for Post-War Theological Reconstruction

   • Brunner’s Vision for the Christian Community: The Church, State, and Culture
   • The Ideological Origins of Totalitarianism
   • An Antidote to Totalitarianism: The Renewal of Natural Law
   • The Need for Theological Reconstruction: Revelation and Reason (1941)
   • The Christian State: A Modest Theological Proposal
   • Rediscovering the Church as Community: Brunner’s Ecclesiology

8. Teacher and Preacher: Brunner as a Public Intellectual

   • Rector of the University of Zurich, 1942–1943
   • The Catechist: Our Faith (1935)
   • The Fraumünster Sermons: Brunner as Preacher
   • The Public Lecturer: The Scandal of Christianity
   • Theological Education: Brunner’s Dogmatics
   • Tokyo: Brunner’s Engagement with Asia
   • Final Illness and Death

9. Legacy: The Contemporary Significance of Emil Brunner’s Theology

   • The Reformed Tradition: A Richer Range of Possibilities
   • A Theology of Nature: The Basis of Natural Law, Theology, and Science
   • Cultural Engagement: The Theological Foundations of Apologetics
   • Personalism: The Defence of Relational Identity
   • The Trinity: A Plea for Theological Modesty

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