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Karl Barth

1886 - 1968

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Karl Barth (; Swiss Standard German: [bart]; (1886-05-10)10 May 1886 – (1968-12-10)10 December 1968) was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary The Epistle to the Romans, his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declaration, and especially his unfinished multi-volume theological summa the Church Dogmatics (published between 1932 and 1967). Barth's influence expanded well beyond the academic realm to mainstream culture, leading him to be featured on the cover of Time on 20 April 1962. Like many Protestant theologians of his generation, Barth was educated in a liberal theology influenced by Adolf von Harnack, Friedrich Schleiermacher and others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Barth is the 476th most popular writer (down from 448th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 36th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Writer.

Karl Barth was a Swiss theologian who is most famous for his doctrine of the "Word of God."

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Among writers, Karl Barth ranks 476 out of 7,302. Before him are Erich von Däniken, Tulsidas, Mo Yan, Françoise Sagan, Lactantius, and André Maurois. After him are Ken Follett, Savitribai Phule, France Prešeren, Milena Jesenská, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Edward Said.

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Among people born in 1886, Karl Barth ranks 18. Before him are Mir Osman Ali Khan, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Karl von Frisch, Ernst Thälmann, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, and Marc Bloch. After him are René Guénon, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Theodor Morell, Gotthard Heinrici, Archibald Hill, and Erich Hoepner. Among people deceased in 1968, Karl Barth ranks 17. Before him are Max Brod, Henry Hallett Dale, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Robert F. Kennedy, George Gamow, and Trygve Lie. After him are Georg von Küchler, Erwin Panofsky, Enid Blyton, Corneille Heymans, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Jim Clark.

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Among people born in Switzerland, Karl Barth ranks 44 out of 1,015. Before him are Paul Hermann Müller (1899), Jacques Necker (1732), Carl Spitteler (1845), Aga Khan IV (1936), Benjamin Constant (1767), and Erich von Däniken (1935). After him are Albert II, Duke of Austria (1298), Adelaide of Italy (931), Eugen Bleuler (1857), Lys Assia (1924), Daniel Bovet (1907), and Robert Walser (1878).

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Among WRITERS In Switzerland

Among writers born in Switzerland, Karl Barth ranks 5. Before him are Johanna Spyri (1827), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921), Carl Spitteler (1845), and Erich von Däniken (1935). After him are Robert Walser (1878), Max Frisch (1911), Alejo Carpentier (1904), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741), Gottfried Keller (1819), and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908).

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