Endorsements for "The Humanity of Christ"

We have received two brilliant endorsements for Paul Dafydd Jones' forthcoming book on the Humanity of Christ:

"Most important is the author's careful and well-schooled interpretation of Barth's larger work. Many, many Barth studies are one-sided - this is a natural consequence of such massive dogmatic volumes - but this one is not. The author balances one strand in Barth's Christology with another, notes one theme in the doctrine of election without losing sight of its pair, investigates the doctrine of sanctification in CDIV.2 without forgetting the justification in IV.1 or in IV.2. This is impressive, well-researched, detailed and serious work." (Professor Katherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA)

"There is a new generation of Barth scholars emerging who are not satisfied with depictions of the great man’s theology that soothe and bring comfort to those long accustomed to possessing their “orthodoxy”. What they find in Barth is a post-metaphysical theologian; one whose ontology is grounded in the concrete history of Jesus Christ, one who took the humanity of Christ as the basis for understanding the humanity of God. Paul Dafydd Jones is one of the leaders of this movement. The book he has written is provocative in the best sense. It forces the reader to make fundamental decisions not only about how Barth is to be read but also with respect to how theology is to be done. I think myself that the future of Barth studies belongs to them." (Professor Bruce McCormack, Princeton Theological Seminary)

'Lucid in its analysis of the complexities of Barth's Christological thinking, thorough in its command of the range of his thought, and penetrating in its judgements, this is one of the very best studies of Barth to appear in recent years, and one which promises to set the pace for future reflection on Barth's understanding of the person of Christ.' (Professor John Webster, University of Aberdeen, UK)

Comments

[David W. Congdon]

I have been waiting eagerly for this book ever since I heard him speak at the 2006 Karl Barth conference.

[J. Barrett]

Any chance of a paperback being published?

[Tom]

Yes, certainly. This depends on the hardback sales though. If there is a second edition, it will be in paperback.