Emil Brunner – A Reappraisal

Preface ix
<p>A Note on Translations and Editions xiii</p>
<p>1 Emil Brunner: The Origins of a Theological Mind, 1914 1924 1</p>
<p>Theological Studies at Zurich 2</p>
<p>Pastoral Ministry and Contacts in England 4</p>
<p>The Swiss Crisis of Identity, 1914 1919 6</p>
<p>Brunner and Dialectical Theology: The Origins of an Ambivalent Relationship 9</p>
<p>Brunner in America, 1919 1920 12</p>
<p>Brunner, Barth, and Thurneysen: Continuing Debate 13</p>
<p>The Quest for Recognition: Erlebnis, Erkenntnis und Glaube (1921 2) 16</p>
<p>Brunner and American Psychology of Religion 18</p>
<p>The Limits of Humanity: Reflections on Revelation and Reason (1922) 22</p>
<p>The Critique of Schleiermacher: Die Mystik und das Wort (1924) 25</p>
<p>Part I The Making of a Dialectical Theologian 29</p>
<p>2 Brunner s Theology of Crisis: Critique and Construction, 1924 1929 31</p>
<p>The 1925 Inaugural Lecture at Zurich: Revelation and Theology 32</p>
<p>Reason and Theology: An Ecclesial Engagement (1927) 34</p>
<p>The Mediator: A Manifesto for Dialectical Theology (1927) 39</p>
<p>The Trinity: Dogma, not Kerygma 50</p>
<p>The American Reception of the Theology of Crisis (1928) 54</p>
<p>3 Reflections on the Tasks of Theology, 1929 1933 61</p>
<p>Crisis: The Rise of Ideology in Western Europe, 1920 1935 62</p>
<p>Brunner s Challenge to Ideology: The Other Task of Theology (1929) 66</p>
<p>Presenting Dialectical Theology in Britain: The Word and the World (1931) 74</p>
<p>A Theological Ethics: The Divine Imperative (1932) 78</p>
<p>A Problematic Liaison: Brunner and the Oxford Group 85</p>
<p>The Work of the Holy Spirit: The Copenhagen Lectures (1934) 87</p>
<p>4 Natural Theology? The Barth Brunner Debate of 1934 90</p>
<p>Natural Theology: A Contested Notion 94</p>
<p>Karl Barth s Views on Natural Theology, 1918 1933 101</p>
<p>A Game–Changer: The Nazi Power Grab of 1933 105</p>
<p>Brunner s Public Criticism of Barth: Nature and Grace (1934) 113</p>
<p>Brunner s Later Views on Natural Theology: Revelation and Reason (1941) 121</p>
<p>Barth s Response: No! (1934) 127</p>
<p>5 Brunner s Theological Anthropology: Man in Revolt (1937) 133</p>
<p>The Need for a Theological Anthropology 134</p>
<p>The Impossibility of an Objective Anthropology 136</p>
<p>The Dependence of Humanity on God 140</p>
<p>The Contradiction within Humanity 142</p>
<p>The Image of God and Human Identity 145</p>
<p>Humanity and Evolution: The Limits of Darwinism 148</p>
<p>6 Objectivity and Subjectivity in Theology: Truth as Encounter (1937) 154</p>
<p>Object and Subject in Theology: The Context to Brunner s Thought 155</p>
<p>Objectivity and Subjectivity: Brunner s Criticism of Existing Paradigms 161</p>
<p>Overcoming the Object–Subject Impasse: Brunner s Strategy 166</p>
<p>The Implications of Brunner s Notion of Truth as Encounter 169</p>
<p>America: The Call to Princeton Theological Seminary, 1937 1939 172</p>
<p>Part II Consolidation: Brunner s Vision for Post–War Theological Reconstruction 179</p>
<p>7 Brunner s Vision for the Christian Community: The Church, State, and Culture 181</p>
<p>The Ideological Origins of Totalitarianism 182</p>
<p>An Antidote to Totalitarianism: The Renewal of Natural Law 185</p>
<p>The Need for Theological Reconstruction: Revelation and Reason (1941) 190</p>
<p>The Christian State: A Modest Theological Proposal 195</p>
<p>Rediscovering the Church as Community: Brunner s Ecclesiology 199</p>
<p>8 Teacher and Preacher: Brunner as a Public Intellectual 205</p>
<p>Rector of the University of Zurich, 1942 1943 206</p>
<p>The Catechist: Our Faith (1935) 207</p>
<p>The Fraum&uuml;nster Sermons: Brunner as Preacher 210</p>
<p>The Public Lecturer: The Scandal of Christianity 214</p>
<p>Theological Education: Brunner s Dogmatics 218</p>
<p>Tokyo: Brunner s Engagement with Asia 221</p>
<p>Final Illness and Death 223</p>
<p>9 Legacy: The Contemporary Significance of Emil Brunner s Theology 225</p>
<p>The Reformed Tradition: A Richer Range of Possibilities 228</p>
<p>A Theology of Nature: The Basis of Natural Law, Theology, and Science 229</p>
<p>Cultural Engagement: The Theological Foundations of Apologetics 231</p>
<p>Personalism: The Defence of Relational Identity 232</p>
<p>The Trinity: A Plea for Theological Modesty 234</p>
<p>Conclusion 237</p>
<p>Works by Emil Brunner Cited in This Study 239</p>
<p>Index 242</p>