Neo-orthodoxy

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Neo-orthodoxy is a 20th-century Protestant theological movement, associated especially with Karl Barth, that reacted against liberal theology by reemphasizing divine revelation, the transcendence of God, and the centrality of Christ.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
neo-orthodoxy 3
Neo-orthodoxy canonical 2
Neo-Orthodoxy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological movement ⓘ
Protestant theological movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs crisis theology ⓘ
dialectical theology ⓘ
coreTheme centrality of Christ ⓘ
divine revelation ⓘ
priority of God’s Word ⓘ
revelation in Jesus Christ ⓘ
sinfulness of humanity ⓘ
sovereignty of God ⓘ
theology of the Word of God ⓘ
transcendence of God ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
developedFrom Lutheran theology ⓘ
Reformed theology ⓘ
emergedInCentury 20th century ⓘ
emphasizes Christ as the center of theology ⓘ
God’s initiative in revelation ⓘ
the Word of God over human religion ⓘ
the need for divine grace ⓘ
the otherness of God ⓘ
the seriousness of sin ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Eduard Thurneysen ⓘ
Emil Brunner ⓘ
Friedrich Gogarten ⓘ
H. Richard Niebuhr ⓘ
Karl Barth ⓘ
Paul Tillich ⓘ
Reinhold Niebuhr ⓘ
influenced 20th-century Protestant theology ⓘ
ecumenical theology ⓘ
political theology ⓘ
post-liberal theology ⓘ
influencedBy John Calvin ⓘ
Martin Luther ⓘ
Reformation theology ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
biblical theology ⓘ
crisis of World War I ⓘ
keyWork Emil Brunner’s The Divine Imperative ⓘ
Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics ⓘ
Karl Barth’s Epistle to the Romans ⓘ
Reinhold Niebuhr’s Moral Man and Immoral Society ⓘ
reactedAgainst 19th-century theological liberalism ⓘ
cultural Protestantism ⓘ
liberal Protestant theology ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
religiousTradition Protestantism ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ
viewOnHumanity humanity as radically sinful and finite ⓘ
viewOnNaturalTheology rejection or strong critique of natural theology ⓘ
viewOnReason limits of human reason in knowing God ⓘ
viewOnRevelation revelation as personal encounter with God in Christ ⓘ
viewOnScripture Bible as witness to the Word of God ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karl Barth → movement → Neo-orthodoxy ⓘ
subject linked to: Karl Barth (visiting)
God, Revelation and Authority → opposes → neo-orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Neo-orthodoxy
Modern Orthodox Judaism → influencedBy → Neo-Orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Neo-orthodoxy
Christian realism → influencedBy → Protestant neo-orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Neo-orthodoxy
Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics → theologicalTradition → neo-orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Neo-orthodoxy
The Divine Imperative → theologicalTradition → neo-orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Neo-orthodoxy
Eduard Thurneysen → movement → Neo-orthodoxy ⓘ