Exiled Preacher, Karl Barth and an Interview with David Gibson

Exiled Preacher, Guy Davies, has begun his new year doing interviews on his blog. His latest interview. I find very interesting. His posting is titled, Engaging with Barth: An interview with David Gibson Gibson has edited with Daniel Strange a book about Karl Barth entitled Engaging with Barth, 18th January 2008, IVP. The picture Davies has posted of Barth is also great.

Here is a small portion of the interview:

GD: This is a good time for such a volume, as Barth seems to be enjoying something of a resurgence at the moment, especially among theological students.
Any idea why?

DG: It’s hard to generalise here, and the situation varies from place to place, but I think you’re right that Barth is the man to be reading in quite a number of places around the world. This interest is probably caused by the number of leading theologians operating at present who have been deeply influenced by Barth in one way or another – they teach courses on Barth, write good books on Barth, and so attract good students to study Barth under them. In reading Barth seriously, I think theological students soon find themselves inside what Henri Blocher refers to as ‘a doctrinal cathedral’. Barth was off the scale in terms of individual brilliance and the sheer size and scope of what he attempts is intoxicating. More