Edition project: Lectures and minor works of Karl Barth 1937-1939

瑞士人卡尔·巴特(1886-1968)是20世纪最重要的新教神学家。卡尔·巴思-格萨姆陶斯加贝是巴思已出版和未出版作品的批评版。引言介绍了正文的历史背景、起源、出版历史和最初的反应。脚注提供解释并记录文本变体、典故和引文。到目前为止，已经出版了54卷。该项目的目的是准备卡尔·巴思1937年7月至1939年12月撰写的讲座和次要作品的版本。讲课和次要著作1937-1939年的主要主题是德国的教会斗争、国家社会主义和政治伦理。进一步的问题是上帝话语的教义、教会和以色列的关系、基督徒的希望、教育(Bildung)和教会的进步。1935年夏天，波恩的系统神学教授巴尔特被解职并被逐出德国。他回到瑞士，被任命为巴塞尔大学系统神学教授。由于他不能再积极参与教会的斗争，他试图通过他的著作来影响它。此外，他还试图通过演讲、旅行和写信来影响瑞士和其他国家对教会斗争和国家社会主义的态度。1938年，巴思提出了一种新的政治伦理学的神学方法。在这种伦理基础上，他用神学观点批评了国家社会主义，因为它剥夺了教会的布道自由，破坏了正义、自由和秩序，并鼓吹了一种主要的反犹太主义。在德国，但在瑞士和其他欧洲国家，巴思因为对国家社会主义和西方绥靖政策的严厉批评而受到攻击。他被指控将神学与政治和煽动战争混为一谈。这一版本的准备工作将伴随着对巴思的欧洲>网络<、关于新教对国家社会主义和教会斗争的解释以及巴思的政治伦理的研究。

The Swiss Karl Barth (1886-1968) was the most important Protestant theologian of the 20th century. The Karl Barth-Gesamtausgabe is a critical edition of published and unpublished works of Barth. Introductions inform about the historical background of the texts, the genesis, the history of publication and first reactions. Footnotes provide explanations and document textual variants, allusions and citations. Until now, 54 volumes are published. Aim of the project is to prepare the edition of the lectures and minor works of Karl Barth which he wrote from July 1937 to December 1939. The main topics of the lectures and minor works 1937-1939 are the Church Struggle in Germany, the National Socialism, and political ethics. Further issues are the doctrine of the Word of God, the relation of the Church and Israel, the Christian hope, education (Bildung) and progress in the Church. Three works are interpretations of Reformed Confessions.In the summer of 1935 Barth, since 1930 Professor of Systematic Theology in Bonn, was dismissed and expulsed from Germany. He returned to Switzerland and was appointed Professor for Systematic Theology at the University of Basel. As he could no longer take an active part in the Church Struggle, he tried to impact it by his writings. Further, he tried to influence the attitude towards the Church Struggle and National Socialism in Switzerland and other countries by lectures, journeys, and letters. In 1938 Barth presented a new theological approach to political ethics. Based on this ethics he criticised the National Socialism by theological arguments, for it takes away the church’s freedom to preach, destroyed justice, freedom as well as order, and it advocated a ›principal anti-Semitism‹. In Germany, but also in Switzerland and in other European countries Barth was attacked due to his severe criticism of National Socialism and of Western appeasement. He was accused of mixing theology with politics and of warmongering.The preparation of the edition will be accompanied by studies on Barth’s European ›networking‹, on Protestant interpretations of the National Socialism and the Church Struggle and on Barth’s political ethics.