Karl Barth and the Analogia Entis

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`This is perhaps the best work on this demanding topic ever to have been written. It contributes not only to the field of Barth studies but also to modern theology in general. It approaches this vexing question with painstaking care, erudition and sophistication.' George Hunsinger, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, USA

`Johnson has written an excellent book, offering a lucid analysis of Barth's lifelong engagement with the Analogia Entis, an engagement often referenced but seldom understood. The result is at once fascinating and compelling, and establishes Johnson as a theologian of the first order.' Paul T. Nimmo, Meldrum Lecturer In Theology, New College, University of Edinburgh, UK

`Careful historical research, a stimulating and well-defined interpretative agenda, and a willingness to venture bold, yet nuanced, theological judgments distinguish this timely and impressive book. Scholars interested in the development of Barth's thought and the difficult question of Barth's relationship to twentieth-century Roman Catholic theology will gain much from it.' Paul Dafydd Jones, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, USA

`Given that metaphysics seems to be making a comeback in American Protestant theology, Johnson's fine study of the debate between Karl Barth and Roman Catholic theologians with respect to the so-called "analogy of being" could not be more timely. The verdict of the last generation on this debate was that it rested on a misunderstanding on Barth's side. Johnson gives us ample reason to question this verdict - and even more reason to take Barth's criticisms seriously. This is ecumenical theology at its best - sober and penetrating but unfailingly courteous. This book will be much-discussed.'

Bruce L. Mccormack, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, USA