Barthian
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- noun
- /ˈbɑrθiən/
- Formal
- It has rekindled the earlier rivalry between Barthian confessionalism and Schleiermacher's liberalism.
Examples
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I was continually taken aback when, on telling Protestant Christians that I was writing on revelation, they usually assumed I was a Barthian.
Academic text (1992) -
Pannenberg's work (initially) has a Barthian and Kerygmatic flavor.
Academic text (2009) -
In Barthian manner, might we not say that God's unified disposition toward creation can be received by God's creatures either as love or as wrath?
Academic text (2017) -
I believe I responded to the Barthian in question by asking whether he wasn't saying that everything his opponent was claiming was true, but that it was all good rather than bad.
Blog text (15) -
Perhaps pain is like this frantic bubble, trying to push out of the photo via a Barthian punctum, yet finding its level always cruelly replenished, its impossible economy never reduced.
Blog text (29) -
A young Barthian rose to defend Barth with the claim that, though Agamben recognizes a form of sovereignty at work in Barth, this sovereignty has to do with God and therefore isn't problematic.
Blog text (15) -
Many contemporary theologians identify as Barthian due to their emphasis on God's grace in salvation.
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Her lectures often highlight the Barthian perspective that emphasizes divine revelation over human reason.
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In discussing modern theology, he referred to several prominent Barthian thinkers who shaped 20th-century thought.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Barthian = Barth (transparent) = Barth + ian
Built from the proper name 'Barth' with the nominal/adjectival suffix '-ian'; the noun meaning 'a follower/supporter of Barth' is the regular nominal use of such formations.
Etymology
Barthian comes from Karl Barth and the ending -ian, which means 'a person connected with', like in librarian or Christian. So a Barthian is someone who follows, supports, or teaches the religious ideas of Karl Barth.