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Playful, Glad, and Free: Karl Barth and a Theology of Popular Culture

Playful, Glad, and Free: Karl Barth and a Theology of Popular Culture

Decou, Jessica

Paperback

Series: Emerging Scholars

General Christianity

ISBN10: 1451465475
ISBN13: 9781451465471
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Published: Sep 1 2013
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

This book offers a critical analysis and reinterpretation of Karl Barths theology of culturethe least studied aspect of his workrevealing his significance for contemporary work in theology of culture by applying his approach to the study of popular culture and entertainment. Grounding the study in Barths eschatology, which proves more amenable to secular culture than other models, DeCou shows that Barths approach recognized that the freedom of theology is qualified by the freedom of the Word and the freedom of secular culture. Barth therefore offers a middle way for evaluating and analyzing culture and religious forms. This book thus opens up a new avenue of interpretation of Barth and applies the insights of Barths theology in fresh ways to the structures of contemporary culture and its products.

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