James B. Torrance (1923-2003) was Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at the University of Aberdeen and an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland. The author of Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace, he was also the Joint Chairman of the British Council of Churches Commission on the Doctrine of the Trinity.
Barth's Political Philosophy
Speaker(s): James Torrance
Date: 1975
Length: 1h12m
Product ID: RGDL0504
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Karl Barth lived in one of the most turbulent periods in human history. This lecture elucidates the historical backdrop that shaped Barth's political philosophy including his early pastoral years, the challenge of Nazi Germany, and communism after the war.
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