Karl Barth. Paul S. Chung

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triadic formulation: (a) the principle of criticism, (b) the principle of analogy, and (c) the principle of correlation. Under the presupposition that God is God, Barth does not reject this triadic principle; rather he radicalizes it in light of the theological subject matter. For Barth, to see through the historical to the spirit of the Bible is not merely to focus on Paul himself, but it is a task of understanding God as theological Sache. The spirit of this Sache inspires; thus God speaks to us even in the midst of our sociopolitical upheaval. The kingdom of God as theological subject matter is the in-breaking reality of God into our time. To see through our time to God’s in-breaking reality is a more critical and radical approach than the historical-critical method.

      According to Marquardt, a social and political problem is supposed to be the criterion for the meaning of historical criticism in view of Barth’s principle of understanding. The primacy of reality can be seen as the key concept in his hermeneutics. Recognizing the primacy of the text’s reality before the exegetical method of historical criticism, Barth radicalized the historical-critical method by placing it second to the Bible’s addressing sociohistorical and political concerns. This view is, for Barth, an exegetical discipline—in other words, a result of radical critical reflection rather than a postcritical second naiveté in the sense of Heidegger or Jüngel.

      Jüngel, in his study on Barth, also takes issue with other interpretations of Barth on two fronts. He challenges the liberal-fascistic interpretation of Barth in the school of Munich, and the religious-socialist interpretation of Barth in the school of West Berlin. Jüngel first calls into question works of Falk Wagner and Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, stating,


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