crisis theology

American  

noun

1. a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.

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Other Word Forms

• crisis theologian noun

Example Sentences

It is basic to the modern Protestant "crisis theology" of Karl Barth; its influence is strong on the great Spanish Catholic philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno; it is the groundwork for France's atheistic, postliberation fad of "existentialism."

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Earth's "crisis theology" can best be appreciated by people who believe the Church is complacent, self-assured, temporizing with crucial issues.

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Auden soon found the crisis theology of Reinhold Niebuhr.

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Barth's thinking, which came to be known as "crisis theology" or "neo-orthodoxy," stressed a God who stood in constant judgment against idolatrous counterfeiters of faith who sought to create him in their own image.

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But the Depression and World War II were too harsh a reality for many ministers, and they followed Reinhold Niebuhr into acceptance of a Bible-centered "crisis theology."

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