Greggs, Tom2009-12-142009-12-142008-01The Journal of Religion, 88(1), 2008, pp. 75-94.0022-41891549-653810.1086/522280http://hdl.handle.net/10034/87860This 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/currentAlthough 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.enKarl Barthinter-faith dialogueArticleThe Journal of Religion