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A work of historic and systematic theology, Barth and Dostoevsky, examines the influence of the Russian writer and prophet Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky on the Swiss theologian Karl Barth. This is a study that demonstrates that the writings of Dostoevsky affected the development of the theology of Karl Barth. This was an influence mediated by his friend and colleague Eduard Thurneysen and was in the form of a key element of Barth's thought: his understanding of sin and grace. Therefore, this study explicates first, the reading of Dostoevsky by Barth, 1915-1916, and the influence on this understanding of sin and grace; second, a study of Eduard Thurneysen in so far as his life and work complements and influences Barth; third, Barth's illustrative use of Dostoevsky, around 1918-1921, the period of the rewriting of his seminal commentary on Romans--""the bombshell on the playground of the theologians,"" as Karl Adams put it.""This is a fascinating and thoroughly informed study of a largely uncharted topic in the history of theology, which illuminates not only Barth and his development but also the intellectual context in which his thought took shape.""--John Webster, Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Aberdeen""It is one thing to demonstrate coincidence of ideas, citations, illustrative use, and even appreciative acknowledgment, yet it is notoriously hard to establish influence or dependence. This is a painstaking and persuasive attempt in this direction which, at very least, establishes an influence in Barth's initial rejection of Liberalism, alongside other influences, that too often has been overlooked or dismissed too quickly.""--John E. Colwell, Tutor in Christian Doctrine and Ethics and Director of Post Graduate Research, Spurgeon's College, London""References to Dostoevsky in Barth's work, while occasionally noted, have never been explored in depth. Paul Brazier corrects that oversight and provides us with a meticulous and fascinating account of Dostoevsky's impact upon Barth's early theology, especially his theology of sin and grace.""--Murray Rae, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, New ZealandOriginally trained in the fine arts in the 1970s and having taught extensively, Paul Brazier holds degrees in Systematic Theology from King's College London, where he completed his PhD on Barth and Dostoevsky. He is the editor of Colin E. Gunton's The Barth Lectures (2007) and The Revelation and Reason Seminars (2008).

This monograph argues that the doctrine of atonement may be presented more coherently by recognizing judgement as the principle metaphor of the reconciling work of Christ. Judgement, understood not only as condemnation but as the whole process of bringing about justice, provides the pattern to which victory, redemption, and sacrifice may be compared and to which they should be related.The first section is a study of twentieth-century British atonement theology to understand the assumptions that give rise to the difficulties in proclaiming the atonement. The second section examines Karl Barth's account of reconciliation in terms of the judgement of Jesus Christ, and its relationship to victory, redemption, and sacrifice. The proposal is made that judgement is the paradigmatic metaphor of the doctrine of atonement. The implications of this claim are then considered for the response to the work of Christ, and how repentance, baptism, Eucharist, and holiness are related to judgement.""In dialogue with major twentieth-century writers on atonement Justyn Terry develops a biblically-based, rich, and coherent synthesis of models and metaphors for Christ's death and also explores our proper response. A valuable resource for academic theologians and all those committed to preaching Christ and him crucified.""--Andrew Goddard, Tutor in Christian Ethics, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford University""Justyn Terry offers well-documented and persuasive evidence that judgement is the paradigmatic metaphor and coordinating principle for a truly biblical understanding of the atonement. Here is theology in the service of proclamation, in a book which will challenge pastors and preachers to a more urgent and coherent presentation of the essential message of the Cross, in the light of God's eternal character and purposes.""--David Jackman, President of the Proclamation Trust and Founder/Director of the Cornhill Training Course""In arguing that the judgement of God is the central concept of the atonement that brings coherence to the metaphors of the cross as victory, redemption, and sacrifice, Justyn Terry shows himself gloriously free from the pressures of popular fashion and more concerned about presenting a valid and biblical gospel for today. Written with preachers in focus, this book is carefully researched, robustly argued, and clearly written. This is a significant book about the most significant subject of all.""--Derek Tidball, Principal, London School of Theology""Drawing initially on Karl Barth's coordination of victory, redemption, and sacrifice as paradigms of atonement that are subordinate to the paradigm of judgement, Terry goes a long way toward restoring the sharp edge of New Testament teaching both to academic theology and to public preaching. Not only is Dr. Terry's contribution a needed new anchoring, within systematic theology, of old and more recently avoided metaphors of Good Friday, but it constitutes a turning of the page, for the wider Christian community, to a fresh chapter of existentially engaged preaching and teaching.""--Paul F. M. Zahl, Dean/President, Trinity Episcopal School of Ministry, PAJustyn Terry taught physics and then worked in the electronics industry before training for ordination at Cranmer Hall, Durham. After a spell in St. John's Hyde Park he became vicar of St. Helen's Church, North Kensington, London. He now teaches at the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry, Ambridge, PA.

Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942) was one of the leading Old Testament scholars in the late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Scottish church. As Free Church minister of Queen's Cross, Aberdeen (1882-92), Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at the Free Church College, Glasgow (1892-1910), and Principal of Aberdeen University (1910-1935) he popularized modern criticism of the Old Testament. He was determined to show how such an approach to the Bible was compatible with evangelical faith, a position that never sat easily with the confessional position of the Scottish church, and the story of Smith's life is an investigation into the relationship between biblical scholarship and evangelical faith. In this new biography, Campbell has made extensive use of primary material, including Smith's letters and journals, to fill a gap in the literature on events within the Scottish church in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. This critical biography will be of use both to students of Scottish church history and students of Old Testament criticism, as well as raising issues that are of continuing importance for all who believe in confessional Christianity as well as in scholarly study of the biblical text.""Dr. Campbell sheds light on a number of issues: the often complex relationship between scholarship and ecclesiastical commitment; the subtle nature of the negotiation between higher criticism and confessionalism in church life; the response of the church to the social and cultural upheavals of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; and the perennially vexatious question of the relationship between heartfelt piety and hard-headed theological work.""--Carl R. Trueman, Westminster Theological Seminary""lain Campbell's compelling study assesses the life and contributions of the remarkable George Adam Smith who, in one handsome countenance, united the warm heart of a village vicar, the razor sharp mind of a world-class critical scholar, the interpersonal skill and grace of a diplomat, the zeal of an evangelist. Reading this story, one is moved to pray for another cycle of such 'Princes of the Church' to arise in our own day!""--Thomas R. Corts, Samford University""We have long needed an intellectual biography of George Adam Smith, a hugely influential figure in church and academy from the 1880s to the 1930s. In this revision of Dr. Campbell's PhD thesis, a vital part of the history of biblical scholarship in Scotland has at last been told.""--Alasdair I. Macleod, Minister, St Andrews Free Church of Scotland, formerly Professor of Apologetics and Pastoral Theology, Free Church College, Edinburgh, UKIain D. Campbell is Free Church minister in the district of Back, on the Isle of Lewis. He ministered previously on the Isle of Skye. He holds degrees from the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London and trained for the ministry at the Free Church College. He is married to Anne, a teacher, and they have three children. He has previously published The Doctrine of Sin and The Gospel According to Ruth.