An Explorer's Guide to Karl Barth

Short Review: This is what I was looking for. I wanted an introduction to how to think about Barth. An Explorer's Guide to Barth is probably mostly for students, but helpful for those of us that managed to get through seminary without really reading anything by Barth.

It opens with a brief biographical sketch and why Barth is still important. And eventually works to a plan for reading on your own to understand him. There is a chapter on 10 things to read outside of Church Dogmatics and then three chapters on how to approach and think about Church Dogmatics. I am not going to attempt even the short plan for Church Dogmatics (there are three reading plans presented) anytime soon. But I do want to read another biography and then one of his shorter books soon.

my full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/explorers-guide-to-karl-barth/