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Bringing Barth’s critique of religion to the inter‐faith table
Greggs, Tom
Greggs, Tom
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2008-01
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Although he criticized Barth under the enigmatic phrase “positivism of revelation,” Bonhoeffer saw Barth’s criticism of religion as “his really great merit.” In the present age in which inter-faith dialogue has become more pressing than it has perhaps ever before been, theology can at times engage in two conversations that are not only separate but at worst self‐contradictory: in its discussions with secular society, theology can engage in critical discussions about religion, drinking deeply from the well of criticism offered by the likes of Feuerbach, Nietzsche, Durkheim, and Marx; yet, in its discussions in inter‐faith settings, the danger can arise that these critiques are thrown out altogether or at least lie in abeyance.
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The Journal of Religion, 88(1), 2008, pp. 75-94.
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University of Chicago Press
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The Journal of Religion
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10.1086/522280
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This is the publishers's PDF version of an article published in The Journal of Religion© 2008. The definitive version is available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jr/current
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0022-4189
1549-6538
1549-6538