Theologians Disagreeing

Although this is a common thing that theologians disagree, it is im­portant to notice when leading theologians are at odds about im­portant issues. The case I have in mind is the difference between Barth and Nie­buhr about Barth’s speech at the Amsterdam World Council of Churches. This difference I wish to call to your attention for several reasons. First it gives us a state­ment of one of the leading speak­ers at this conference, namely, Karl Barth. This has not been called to our attention...