Karl Barth. Paul S. Chung

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this speech a classic example of the religious-socialist identification of the Laborers’ movement with Jesus, and Jesus with the well-being of this movement. The Socialistic Party newspaper printed the complete text of the speech, reporting, “The lecture of Pastor Barth last Sunday here on the theme ‘Jesus and Social Question,’ given at the request of the local Laborers’ Society, was well attended. Women were present too. The theoretical discussion and the comparison with today can be found on page two of this edition.”83

      From this assertion we see that, on the one hand, Pastor Barth was deeply disturbed by social misery that brought human life to degradation and moral collapse. On the other hand, he sought a responsible reaction of Christian community toward the material and moral plight of workers. Barth’s contact with socialism materialized primarily through his practical confrontation with the real situation of Safenwil workers. It does not ignore his theoretical or social philosophical reflection. Therefore, we need to pay attention to the socialistic influence upon his theological development in the sense of a correlation. For instance, Barth’s turning away from the individualism of liberal theology and constructing universalism in his thought shows the primacy of the social/political dimension over the individual/particular dimension in Barth’s thought and theology


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