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The "Modern Theologians" category presents biographies and selected works from the great theologians of the modern era. This category is limited to those theologians whose completed life's work has contributed widely to religious thought, and who have won critical acclaim from both the professional academic community and the public at large.
Karl Barth (1886-1968) was born in Basel and received his theological training in Germany. After 12 years as a pastor of Swiss Reformed churches in two small towns in Switzerland, he began to write. His work on a commentary in Romans marked the beginning of his departure from his liberal training. He further refined his thoughts, developing a total theological system. In it he emphasized God's holiness, his incomprehensibility to the human mind and his sovereign grace. He then began teaching this new theology in European universities. A major framer of the Barmen declaration, in 1935 he was forced to flee from Nazi Germany to Basel.
Emil Brunner (1889–1966) was a Swiss Protestant theologian. A clear and systematic thinker from the school of dialectical theology, he was a professor of theology at the Univ. of Zürich (1924–53) and Christian University, Tokyo (1953–55). He several times visited and lectured in the United States. Like Karl Barth he challenged the leaders of modern rational and liberal Christian theology and proclaimed a theology of revelation. The Christian faith, he maintained, arises from the encounter between individuals and God as He is revealed in the Bible.
(1836 - 1918) Congregational minister who became an influential theologian and leader of the social gospel movement.
This category lists pages and sites about the teachings, personality, and ministry of popular Christian teacher Bill Gothard. The interdenominational leader serves as head of the Institute in Basic Life Principles and plays an active role in many satellite organizations including the Advanced Training Institute, Character Training Institute, Character First and International Association of Character Cities.
Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) was a German-American theologian and social reformer and Baptist minister who ministered among the poor and the industrial workers of New York City. As a witness to extreme poverty he came to the view that Christianity should be at the core of social renewal and helped develop the Social Gospel movement.
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