Karl Barth
Swiss Protestant theologian (1886-1968)
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Swiss theologian who rewrote how the world reads scripture with his Romans commentary and became the unlikely face of 20th-century Protestant thought. Made Time's cover in 1962 for work that somehow mattered beyond the seminary walls.
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Karl Barth was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary The Epistle to the Romans, his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship of the Barmen Declaration, and especially his unfinished multi-volume theological summa the Church Dogmatics. Barth's influence expanded well beyond the academic realm to mainstream culture, leading him to be featured on the cover of Time on 20 April 1962.
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