Karl Barth Society of North America

The Karl Barth Society of North America invites proposals for papers that engage the topics of nationalism, politics, and Christian witness. While proposals should directly reckon with the work of Karl Barth, the topics may be engaged in diverse ways. Scholars might consider Barth’s work in its own context (including but not limited to Barth’s relationship to various forms of socialism, Barth’s work during the Weimar Republic and the Nazi era, and Barth’s writing and political activity during the Cold War); equally, scholars might put Barth’s work in critical/constructive conversation with ongoing discussions in Christian thought, religious ethics, political theology (broadly construed), political theory, Black Studies, feminist/womanist studies, border studies, post- and decolonial thought, etc.  Proposals that connect the topics of nationalism, politics, and Christian witness to the doctrine of providence—the focus of another session held by the KBSNA in November—are welcome.