Matthew A. Benton, John Hawthorne and Dani Rabinowitz (eds), Knowledge, Belief, and God: New Insights in Religious Epistemology

Abstract

exegesis of Romans 9––11 (on which so much hinges) in a better exegesis of this passage. The remaining three articles are somewhat different. Michael Owen provides a translation of an Advent sermon preached by Barth in 1933, with a careful historical introduction. Philip Rosato and Rudy Koshar offer surveys of Barth’s reception – Rosato in Roman Catholic theology, and Koshar in twentieth-century intellectual history. While both deal with Barth on Church and Israel, they do so as part of a broader analysis that is of interest beyond the issue of his significance for post-Holocaust theology. Six of the nine articles included here have previously appeared in scholarly journals. The three presumably commissioned specially do not comment directly on them, while the editor’s introduction consists of only three brief paragraphs aside from summaries of the chapters. Nonetheless, this will be a rich resource for participants in the continuing debate about Barth’s legacy, as well as for those wanting to think theologically post-Holocaust.