Dogmatics in Outline - Softcover

2014 Reprint of Original 1949 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The theology contained in these lectures is basic and essential. Christians are to be ready to given an answer for their hope, and this book helps in articulating an accurate and effective response. American theologian Stanley Hauerwas said, "Dogmatics in Outline is Barth's short, but intense, course in how to speak of God in a world that has lost the habits of faithful Christian speech." By using the essentials of the Apostles' Creed and filling in with brief sketches of sound orthodox doctrine, Barth cuts a safe middle swath through the dangers of heretical ideas that find acceptance when the church veers too far left or right.