Karl Barth and the Pietists

"With his customary thoroughness and flair for the important and often unknown historical detail and its theological ramifications, Professor Busch's work Karl Barth & the Pietists expands our understanding of this crucial period in the development of Barth's theology in the 1920s: the two versions of the Romans commentary and their significance for Barth's interaction with Continental Pietism. Busch's scholarship sharpens our awareness that there is much to the Barth legacy that has yet to be fully understood and unpacked, especially in its English-language reception."

Darrell L. Guder, Henry Winters Luce Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary



"Karl Barth & the Pietists is the history of a 'troublesome friendship' in which author Eberhard Busch lets each party to the friendship articulate just what is troublesome about it. What emerges is a focused masterpiece in historical theology with foundational significance for the integrity of Christian experience (a troubling word to Barth, a touchstone for Pietists) and the Christian life (more public and social to Barth, more individual and personal to Pietists). As Busch shows, Barth the interpreter is never isolated from Barth the interlocutor. That makes for interesting history."

John Weborg, Professor Emeritus of Theology, North Park Theological Seminary



"This book not only makes a significant contribution to Barth studies but also helps us gain more clarity on the nature of evangelicalism itself. It is for these reasons that I am happy to commend this book to an English readership."

Donald W. Dayton, Professor of Theology, Azusa Pacific University