A Unique Time of God: Karl Barth’s WWI Sermons

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World War I changed Karl Barth’s theology forever. In this book

William Klempa presents for the first time in English thirteen sermons that offer

Barth’s unique view and commentary on the Great War. Barth saw the war as aEUROoea

unique time of God,aEURO believing it to represent God’s judgment on militarism. The

sermons reveal a deep strain of theological wrestling with the war’s meaning, as

Barth comes to see the conflict as the logical outcome of all human attempts to

create God in our own image. As it demonstrates a decisive shift in Barth’s early

theology, this volume is essential for anyone who wishes to understand the twentieth

century’s greatest theologian.