Karl Barth as Theologian of Nature: Christ and the Order of Creation

To call Karl Barth a “theologian of nature” may seem like a stretch to those who know him as the great opponent of natural theology. This book argues that Barth's rejection of natural theology and the “orders of creation” does not impede his development of a robust account of creation's nature and order.

It makes the case, first, by tracing the development of his theology of nature from Romans I to the completion of his doctrine of creation in the Church Dogmatics. Second, it examines the w...