Neo-orthodoxy
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Neo-orthodoxy is a 20th-century Protestant theological movement, associated especially with Karl Barth, that reacted against liberal theology by reemphasizing divine revelation, the transcendence of God, and the centrality of Christ.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Neo-Orthodoxy | 1 |
| Neo-orthodoxy canonical | 1 |
| neo-orthodoxy | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian theological movement
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Protestant theological movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
crisis theology
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dialectical theology ⓘ |
| coreTheme |
centrality of Christ
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divine revelation ⓘ priority of God’s Word ⓘ revelation in Jesus Christ ⓘ sinfulness of humanity ⓘ sovereignty of God ⓘ theology of the Word of God ⓘ transcendence of God ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Lutheran theology
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Reformed theology ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
Christ as the center of theology
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God’s initiative in revelation ⓘ the Word of God over human religion ⓘ the need for divine grace ⓘ the otherness of God ⓘ the seriousness of sin ⓘ |
| hasKeyFigure |
Eduard Thurneysen
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Emil Brunner ⓘ Friedrich Gogarten ⓘ H. Richard Niebuhr ⓘ Karl Barth ⓘ Paul Tillich ⓘ Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century Protestant theology
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ecumenical theology ⓘ political theology ⓘ post-liberal theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Calvin
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Martin Luther ⓘ Reformation theology ⓘ Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ biblical theology ⓘ crisis of World War I ⓘ |
| keyWork |
Emil Brunner’s The Divine Imperative
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Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics ⓘ The Epistle to the Romans (Karl Barth) ⓘ
surface form:
Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans
Moral Man and Immoral Society ⓘ
surface form:
Reinhold Niebuhr’s Moral Man and Immoral Society
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| reactedAgainst |
19th-century theological liberalism
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cultural Protestantism ⓘ liberal Protestant theology ⓘ natural theology ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Protestant Christianity
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surface form:
Protestantism
|
| timePeriod |
interwar period
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mid-20th century ⓘ |
| viewOnHumanity | humanity as radically sinful and finite ⓘ |
| viewOnNaturalTheology | rejection or strong critique of natural theology ⓘ |
| viewOnReason | limits of human reason in knowing God ⓘ |
| viewOnRevelation | revelation as personal encounter with God in Christ ⓘ |
| viewOnScripture | Bible as witness to the Word of God ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Karl Barth
this entity surface form:
neo-orthodoxy
this entity surface form:
Neo-Orthodoxy