Barthianism

American  

[bahr-tee-uh-niz-uhm, -thee-] / ˈbɑr ti əˌnɪz əm, -θi- /

noun

1. the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.

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Etymology

Origin of Barthianism

First recorded in 1930–35; Barthian + -ism

Example Sentences

Like a wan light amid disillusion and doubt, Barthianism nourishes in German and Swiss universities.

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And Dr. Cornelius Van Til of Westminster Theological Seminary speaks for a host of U.S. fundamentalists in charging that "Barthianism is even more hostile to the theology of Luther and Calvin than Romanism."

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Barthianism rejects Modernism in so far as Modernism throws out too much of the Bible, too much of God.

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Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, one of the ablest of Protestant theologians, has been influenced by him. and Princeton Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian stronghold, has shown leanings toward Barthianism.

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His theology, now called Barthianism, is pessimistic, dogmatic.

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