Abstract

This article seeks to explore the identity of the Creator God in Karl Barth’s doctrine of creation. Attention is given to his understanding of the eternal covenant God has made with humanity and how we are cared for within a covenantal fellowship. The study also concerns itself with how Barth’s distaste for the notion of analogia entis is somewhat unsustained in his treatment of creation. I argue that, to some extent, the analogy of being vis-à-vis the cosmos is complementarily employed with analogia fides in Barth’s articulation of creation care. This is the case as he reconfigures the talk on creation rigidly in and through Jesus Christ as Creator and creature.

Highlights

  • The study aims to discover why Barth conceives of the divine creative act in tandem with the divine communal act. It argues that Barth advances the notion of analogia fides in his theology, he somehow turns to analogia entis in support of God’s creation care

  • After considering creation with the covenant, our task now is to engage theodicy vis-à-vis the creation as a doctrine of faith and a secret

  • The material indicates that creation is of faith because: (1) it is a source of assurance; (2) it is providential, not accidental; (3)

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Summary

Introduction

God of the Covenant: Karl Barth on Creation Care. Religions 12: 326. The relevance of Barth’s theology in this pressing predicament cannot be ignored—his articulation about God in the world still challenges the contemporary reader. The study aims to discover why Barth conceives of the divine creative act in tandem with the divine communal act It argues that Barth advances the notion of analogia fides (analogy of faith) in his theology, he somehow turns to analogia entis (analogy of being) in support of God’s creation care. It expounds the four key reasons to hope in the covenant by looking at creation, namely by seeing the light amidst the darkness, by inhabiting the space between waters, by staring up at the sky, and by celebrating the Sabbath It concludes with a reflection on how Barth helps us redirect the talk on creation care in Jesus Christ—the agent and lynchpin of creation.

Doctrine of Creation
The Covenantal God
Creation as the External Basis of the Covenant
The Covenant as the Internal Basis of Creation
Looking at Creation to Appreciate the Covenant
Hope in Seeing the Light Amidst Darkness
Hope in Inhabiting the Space between Waters
Hope in Staring Up at the Sky
Hope in Celebrating the Sabbath
Evaluation
Conclusions
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