Theological existence today

Theological Existence Today , Volume 1

Theological Existence Today was a series of publications published by Christian Kaiser Verlag in Munich from 1933 to 1941 . It was first published jointly by Karl Barth and Eduard Thurneysen , then by Eduard Thurneysen alone (from issue 47) and later by Karl Gerhard Steck (from issue 65).

Purpose and aim

In the first issue, which initially appeared in 1933 as “Supplement No. 2 of Between the Times ”, Karl Barth wrote:

"The decisive thing I am trying to say about these worries and problems today ... is simply that I try to continue here in Bonn with my students ... and as if nothing had happened - perhaps in a slightly exalted tone, but without direct reference - theology and only theology to practice. "

Eduard Thurneysen commented on the repeatedly breaking criticism in 1938:

"The title of our series of publications is occasionally used by all sorts of ill-willed and unreasonable people as an occasion for ridicule and slander, as if there was a contradiction between theological and Christian existence, and as if everything for us at least amounts to a mere intellectual theological existence not on the Christian existence to really live under our Lord. Such general allegations are easy to make and difficult to refute. Yet another judge is over us. But perhaps this scripture in its own way may also be a testimony to the fact that in our thinking and in life (and both are closely related) the obedience of faith is no less important than others. "

Order of the booklets

1933:

1 Karl Barth: Theological Existence Today!
2 Karl Barth: For the freedom of the gospel
3 Karl Barth: Reformation as a decision
4 Karl Barth: Luther Celebration 1933
5 Karl Barth: The Church of Jesus Christ

1934:

6 Ernst Wolf : Martin Luther. The gospel and religion
7 Karl Barth: God's will and our wishes
8 Eduard Thurneysen: The power of the lowly. Three sermons
9 Karl Barth: Revelation, Church, Theology
10 Karl Barth: The good shepherd
11 Max Lackmann : Lord, where should we go? A word from a Protestant theology student to his fellow students
12 Karl Barth: The Christian as a witness
13 Karl Barth: Service to the Word of God
14 Karl Barth: No! Reply to Emil Brunner
15 Heinrich Vogel : Who rules the church? About office, order, regiment of the church
16 Hans Asmussen : Church of the Augsburg Confession!
17 Karl Barth: Three sermons

1935:

18 Peter Barth : The problem of natural theology in Calvin
19 Karl Barth: Four Bible Studies on Luk. 1
20 Edmund Schlink : Duty and Temptation of Christian Confession
21 Eduard Thurneysen: Lively Church and Confession
22 Karl Barth: Four sermons
23 Heinrich Schlier : The little ship of the church
24 Hans Asmussen: Barmen!
25 Karl Barth: The Gospel in the Present
26 Heinrich Vogel: The Authority of the Judge and the Testimony of the Church. Explanations for the introduction of the concord formula for the current state of war of the church
27 Karl Barth: The Church and the Churches
28 Karl Barth: The theological prerequisites for church organization
29 Karl Barth: The Confession of the Reformation and Our Confession
30 Hermann Kutter : The position of the church in the national community
31 Hans Asmussen: Theology and church leadership Johs. 15.3
32 Karl Barth: Gospel and Law
33 Eduard Thurneysen: The abundance in Jesus Christ
34 Alfred de Quervain : The Law of God. The first tablet - sermons
35 Heinrich Vogel: The Word and the Sacraments. The word became flesh (Evang.

1936:

36 Heinrich Schlier: The ecclesiastical responsibility of the theology student
37 Karl Barth: Calvin
38 sermons from Württemberg
39 Alfred de Quervain: The Law of God. The second panel
40 Karl Stoevesandt : Reality of Christian Life
41 Hans Asmussen: God's law and human law
42 Hans Hellbardt: Abraham's lie. To understand Genesis 12: 10-20
43 Karl Barth: Calvin Celebration 1936
44 Hermann Diem : The Visibility of the Church
45 Alfred de Quervain Penance: An Interpretation of Daniel 9 : 4-19

46 Eduard Thurneysen: The Sermon on the Mount

47 Karl Barth: God's choice of grace

1937:

48 Wilhelm Vischer : Esther
49 Hans Asmussen: Sola Fide - that's Lutheran! I.
50 Hans Asmussen: Sola Fide - that's Lutheran! II
51 Paul Frey / Rolf Eberhard: Divine service
52 Hans Joachim Iwand : From the community of Christian life. Two speeches to celebrate Confession and Holy Communion
53 Edmund Schlink: Law and Gospel. A contribution to the Lutheran understanding of the 2nd Barmer thesis

1938:

54 Georg Eichholz : The Church's Answer to God's Call
55 Oskar Hammelsbeck : Living under the Word as Questions in Church Education (Lay Mission)
56 Hans Asmussen: The simplicity and the church
57 Eduard Thurneysen: The church in Luther's interpretation of the faith
58 Alfred de Quervain: The Eternal King. Sermons
59 Edmund Schlink: The church of Jesus Christ and the temptation

1939:

60 Eduard Thurneysen: Cross and Second Coming of Christ. Two lectures and an afterword on "Orthodoxy and Piety"
61 Dietrich Bonhoeffer : Living together
62 Heinrich Vogel: And don't lead us into temptation!
63 Hermann Diem: I believe in the Holy Spirit ... Three sermons about Jesus' farewell speeches
64 Hans Hellbardt: The Image of God. An interpretation of Exodus 32
65 Georg Eichholz: The Church's Annunciation to the World. Attempt at an exegesis of the prologue to the Gospel of John
66 Helmut Gollwitzer : "We can hear ...". Sermons

1940:

67 Joachim Konrad: Of the meaning and form of the proclamation. Remarks
68 Ewalt Quittschau: On the preservation of the world. A catechetical attempt
69 Herbert Braun : The suffering of Christ. A Bible study about the 1st letter of Peter
70 Oskar Hammelsbeck: The road of those returning home. The 23rd Psalm and the admonition of the prophet Hosea to us
71 Edo Osterloh : God's justice and human right in the Old Testament
72 Walter Kreck : The Victory of Jesus Christ. Nine sermons
73 Volkmar Herntrich : The praises of the community. Psalm sermons
74 Oskar Hammelsbeck: Faith and Education

1941:

75 HJ Iwand: Justice by Faith according to Luther's teaching
76 Aurel von Jüchen : Jesus and Pilatus. An investigation into the relationship between the kingdom of God and the world empire following John 18, v. 28-19, v. 16
77 Helmut Gollwitzer: Jesus' death and resurrection according to the account of Luke

literature

Hanns Lilje : Theological existence and church action. Thoughts on Karl Barth's work “Theological Existence Today!” In: Junge Kirche 1 (1933), pp. 137–147.
Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz: Barth, Karl. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 384-396. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Karl Gerhard Steck: Theological Existence Today. Retrospect and Prospect. In: Theological Existence Today. Series of publications, edited by Karl Barth and Ed. Thurneysen. Reprint of issues 1–77. Published 1933–1941, Volume I, Issues 1–31. Chr. Kaiser, Munich 1980, pp. V – XXX.
Ernst Dietrich: The young brothers learn information. Heyn, Klagenfurt 1994, ISBN 978-3-85366-667-8 .

Web links

Literature from and about theological existence today in the catalog of the German National Library
Christian Kaiser Verlag (online at historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de)

Individual evidence

↑ In “New Series” (NF) it was continued from 1946 to 1967 and then continued to appear from 1967 to 1984 ( http://d-nb.info/012683353 ). It has been continued since 1986 in the series “Ecumenical Existence Today” ( http://d-nb.info/014601419 ).
↑ Georg Merz (Ed.): Between the Times (ZdZ). Bimonthly. Munich: Christian Kaiser Verlag, 1923–1933. The eleventh and final issue appeared in June 1933; see Historical Lexicon of Bavaria: Article Between the Times (Friedrich Wilhelm Graf and Andreas Waschbüsch) ; Accessed July 3, 2017
↑ Issue 1, 1933, p. 3.
↑ Issue 57, 1938, p. 3.
↑ See Hanns Lilje: Theological existence and church action. Thoughts on Karl Barth's work “Theological Existence Today!” , In: Junge Kirche 1 (1933) 137–147.
↑ http://d-nb.info/942194748

[1] In “New Series” (NF) it was continued from 1946 to 1967 and then continued to appear from 1967 to 1984 ( http://d-nb.info/012683353 ). It has been continued since 1986 in the series “Ecumenical Existence Today” ( http://d-nb.info/014601419 ).

[2] Georg Merz (Ed.): Between the Times (ZdZ). Bimonthly. Munich: Christian Kaiser Verlag, 1923–1933. The eleventh and final issue appeared in June 1933; see Historical Lexicon of Bavaria: Article Between the Times (Friedrich Wilhelm Graf and Andreas Waschbüsch) ; Accessed July 3, 2017

[3] Issue 1, 1933, p. 3.

[4] Issue 57, 1938, p. 3.

[5] See Hanns Lilje: Theological existence and church action. Thoughts on Karl Barth's work “Theological Existence Today!” , In: Junge Kirche 1 (1933) 137–147.

[6] ttp://d-nb.info/942194748