The Digital Karl Barth Library

In association with the Theologischer Verlag Zürich (TVZ) and Princeton Theological Seminary, Alexander Street Press is pleased to offer the first major online collection of Karl Barth's works. Combining comprehensiveness with a carefully crafted set of text-analysis tools, The Digital Karl Barth Library will support a new generation of research into the works of one of the twentieth century's most influential theologians.

Included in the collection are the English translation of Barth's magnum opus, The Church Dogmatics, in its entirety. The original German version, Die kirchliche Dogmatik, is also included as are the first 45 volumes of Barth's Gesamtausgabe, which includes hundreds of letters, sermons, lectures, conversations, and academic writings. These volumes are supplemented by seven additional German works that have not yet been published as part of the Gesamtausgabe and English translations of thirteen important texts by Barth.

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Church Dogmatics

Perhaps one of the most important theological works of the 20^th century, Barth’s Church Dogmatics is divided into five parts spanning 14 books. Within these volumes, Barth explores the Trinity's role in the revelation of God to humanity, the Election of God and the Command of God, the purpose of Creation as God relates to humankind, Jesus Christ's role as the servant of God, and many more thought-provoking ideas.

Der Römerbrief

The Epistle to the Romans is a commentary by Barth on the New Testament Epistle to the Romans. Barth’s response was influenced by the disillusionment he felt from the German Protestant Liberalism and Religious Socialism after the outbreak of the World War I. This work emphasizes the saving grace of God and humanity's inability to know God outside of God's revelation in Christ. Specifically, the God who is revealed in the cross of Jesus challenges and overthrows any attempt to ally God with human cultures, achievements, or possessions.

Karl Barth - Rudolf Bultmann: Letters 1922-1966

Read through the collections of letters that Barth sent to and from Rudolf Bultmann, a highly acclaimed New Testament scholar.