Abstract
It is not yet apparent as to whether Barth's visit to America (Spring, 1962) will have any noticeable effect in theological discussion. A number of factors militate against the probability of Barth's exercising significant influence on American Christianity, however. One is the vehement and categorical dismissal of his theology by American theologians of first-rank importance, such as Niebuhr and Tillich, who have been influenced in earlier years by Barth's theology but who now disavow him altogether. A false image of Barth, prejudicial to a close study of the man and his thought, is perpetuated by responsible theologians. The sheer bulk of Barth's Church Dogmatics is a stumbling block to the American student. The different contexts of Con-
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