Michael 0 ' N eil Karl Barth ' s Doctrine of Election
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This essay provides a close reading of Karl Barth's doctrine of election, attending not only to his argument but also to the patterns of his rhetoric and to his idiosyncratic use of terminology in order to uncover the theological logic that drives his doctrine, and thus to assess its validity. Particular attention is given to the telos of election as Barth conceived it, his theological method, and the enduring criticism that Barth's doctrine leads inexorably to universalism.
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