THE ONLY SACRAMENT LEFT TO US

Questions of ecclesiology abound, and Karl Barth has been regarded as an unhelpful conversation partner and guide for those who care about ecclesiology and the place of the church in the academic pursuit of theology. The Only Sacrament Left to Us recovers Barths doctrine of the threefold Word of God and shows that it is at the heart of Barths ecclesiological commitments, and that Barth offers a distinct and robust doctrine of the church worthy to be carried forward into the twenty-first-century debates about the churchs place in Gods economy. The book explores the central role of the threefold Word of God in Barths theology of the church, explains its place in Barths later doctrine of reconciliation, and seeks to engage the field of Barth studies with contemporary ecclesiological questions. Theres not much wrong with the illnesses of contemporary preaching that cant be cured with a strong dose of theology. Thomas Currie administers just that remedy. Currie gives us a fresh, invigorating reading of Karl Barths doctrine of the threefold Word of God. He shows how Barth gives Christian proclamation renewed authorization and justification. Heres a rare gift