Friends of Barth

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This list is certainly not the full extent of a listing that would include all those who are influenced by Barth, but it is a start. Also, notice that the list runs from Stott, the Torrances, Brevard Childs as "companion" theologians to Barth to the far extreme including I Howard Marshall who uses Barth (and agrees with him from time to time) as a theologian who must be considered as he (Marshall) pens his own theology. There are no "enemies of Barth" on this list and actually, only Hays and Marshall are not solidly in the Barthian camp -- but both are trinitarian. This list was first published on 9/25/07 and continues to be a work in progress. Sometime in the future, this list will include American Evangelicals. 11/25/08


John Stott: worked with James Torrance on a number of projects

Alan Torrance

James Torrance

Thomas Torrance : author of Mediation of Christ and editor of the English translation of
Church Dogmatics.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christian Kettler
Dr. Christian D. Kettler — Theology and Church HistoryChris is the author of "The Vicarious Humanity of Christ and the Reality of Salvation" and co-editor (with Todd H. Speidell) of "Incarnational Ministry: The Presence of Christ in Church, Society, and Family: Essays in Honor of Ray S. Anderson." Contact him at kettler@friends.edu.

Gary Deddo : Prof at Fuller or used to be . Editor of InterVarsity Press

Some of his thoughts on sexuality at http://www.trinitystudycenter.com/topical/gender.php
Author of : Karl Barth's Theology of Relations: Trinitarian, Christological, and Human : Towards an Ethic of the Family

Tom Smail

Authored: Like Father, Like Son
Authored: The Love of Power or the Power of Love: A Careful Assessment of the Problems Within the Charismatic and Word-Of-Faith Movements

Geoff Bromiley translator/editor of the English translation of Church Dogmatics (13 volumes and 6 million words) AND Kittle's Theological Dictionary (10 volume )

Otto Weber (student of Barth - pronounced "vaber")

Malcom Jeeves

Trevor Hart (student of James Torrance)

Daniel Thimel

Donald Bloesch

Bruce McDormack

Richard Hays : He is usually found in lists that present NT Wright. He is included, here, because he treats Barth with great respect and references him on several occasions. Hays notion that Romans uses a subjective genitive (faith of Christ) rather than an objective genitive (faith in Christ) was first presented by Karl Barth. Hays authors perhaps the best modern-day book on Christian ethics in print. And, he "speaks in tongues" !!

Eugene Peterson: has read the CDs 10 times through.

Lesslie Newbigin

John McLeod Campbell: one of the "fathers" of the vicarious nature of Christ.

Hans Kung: RCC theologian -- more liberal than Barth would have liked

Konnelis Miskotte

W.A. Whitehouse

Dr. Ray Anderson -- prof at Fuller

John Thompson

Kevin Diller

Luke Tallon

Alvin Plantinga: one of the foremost philosophers in America, today.

John Zizioulas: Greek Orthodox. Wrote Persons in Relations (?)

George Hunsinger

John Webster: Barth - An Introduction to Barth.

Eberhard Jungel: the most important German Barthian scholar of the day.

G.C. Berkouwer: a contemporary of Barth. Barth worked with him on a number of projects.

Paul Molinar

Joseph Ratzinger

Kevin J Vanhoozer

Sung Wook Chung

Brevard Childs : died this past June. Prof (O.T.) at Yale for 40 plus years. Studied under Barth at Basil back in the '50s. One of the most important O.T. scholars in recent times.

John de Gruchy : selected to be Robert Selby Taylor Professor of Christian Studies at the University of Cape Town. His books include the following:
The Church struggle in South Africa (1979)
Bonhoeffer and South Africa (1984)
Theology and Ministry in Context and Crisis (1986)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Witness to Jesus Christ (1987)
Liberating Reformed Theology (1991)
Christianity and Democracy (1995)

I Howard Marshall: Emeritus Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Honorary Research Professor at the University of Abderdeen (Scotland.) Arminian evangelical Methodist. Research Professor; Formerly Chair of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research; President of the British New Testament Society and Chair of the Fellowship of European Evangelical Theologians

Dennis Guernsey: partnered with Ray Anderson : On Being Family: A Social Theology of
the Family

Need to check out these names sourced from Beale and Carson's Old Testament Commentary 12/17/08
Craig L. Blomberg (Denver Seminary) on Matthew -
Rikk E. Watts (Regent College) on Mark -
David W. Pao (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School)
Eckhard J. Schnabel (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) on Luke -
Andreas J. Kostenberger (Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) on John -
I. Howard Marshall (University of Aberdeen) on Acts - entered above
Mark A. Seifrid (Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) on Romans -
Roy E. Ciampa (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) and
Brian S. Rosner (Moore Theological College) on 1 Corinthians -
Peter Balla (Karoli Gaspar Reformed University, Budapest) on 2 Corinthians -
Moises Silva (author of Philippians in the Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament) on Galatians and Philippians -Frank S. Thielman (Beeson Divinity School) on Ephesians -
G. K. Beale (Wheaton College Graduate School) on Colossians -
Jeffrey A. D. Weima (Calvin Theological Seminary) on 1 and 2 Thessalonians -
Philip H. Towner (United Bible Societies) on 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus -
George H. Guthrie (Union University) on Hebrews -
D. A. Carson (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) on the General Epistles
D. A. Carson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author or editor of more than forty books

G. K. Beale (Wheaton College Graduate School)
G. K. Beale (PhD, University of Cambridge) is Kenneth T. Wessner Chair of Biblical Studies and professor of New Testament at Wheaton College Graduate School. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Right Doctrine from the Wrong Texts? and commentaries on Revelation and 1 and 2 Thessalonians.

Sean M. McDonough (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary) on Revelation