Dogmatics after Barth Facing Challenges in Church Society and the Academy

Prof. Dr. Dr. Gnter Thomas is professor of systematic theology and ethics in the faculty of Protestant Theology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany. He is the author of: Medien - Ritual - Religion (1998); Neue Schpfung. Theologische Untersuchungen zum 'Leben der kommenden Welt' (2009); Was geschieht in der Taufe? Das Taufgeschehen - zwischen Schpfungsdank und Inanspruchnahme fr das Reich Gottes (2011). He has also edited: (with I. Karle) Krankheitsdeutung in der postskularen Gesellschaft. Theologische Anstze im interdisziplinren Gesprch (2009); (with A. Schle) Who is Jesus Christ For Us Today? Pathways to Contemporary Christology (2009); (with M. Hfner) Endliches Leben. Interdisziplinre Zugnge zum Phnomen der Krankheit (2010). He is co-editor of the Zeitschrift fr Dialektische Theologie and chairs the annual "Karl Barth Conference" held in Leuenberg/Switzerland. Prof. Dr. Rinse H. Reeling Brouwer is lecturer of the History of Christian Doctrine and Symbolics and Miskotte/Breukelman Professor for Biblical Hermeneutics at the Protestant Theological University, Amsterdam and Groningen, the Netherlands. He is the author of: Over kerkelijke dogmatiek en marxistische filosofie: Karl Barth vergelijkenderwijs gelezen (1988), De God van Spinoza (1998); De handzame Calvijn (2004) and Grondvormen van Theologische Systematiek (2009). He has edited with Frans H. Breukelman, The Structure of Sacred Doctrine in Calvin's Theology (2010). He is also a member of the Committee for the Advancement of the Study of Dialectical Theology, chairs the annual "Karl Barth Conference" in Doorn, the Netherlands, and is the senior editor of the "Zeitschrift fr dialektische Theologie". Prof. Dr. Bruce L. McCormack is Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, USA. He is the author of: Karl Barth's Critically Realistic Dialectical Theology: Its Genesis and Development 1909-1936 (1997); Orthodox and Modern: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth (2008). He has edited: Justification in Perspective: Historical Developments and Contemporary Challenges (2006); Engaging the Doctrine of God: Contemporary Protestant Perspectives (2008); (with C. Andersen) Karl Barth and American Evangelicalism (2011). He is also a member of the Karl Barth Stiftung in Basel, Switzerland, and the North American co-editor of the "Zeitschrift fr Dialektische Theologie".