Born: 10-May-1886
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Died: 9-Dec-1968
Location of death: Basel, Switzerland
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Protestant
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Religion

Nationality: Switzerland
Executive summary: Church Dogmatics

Father: Fritz Barth (theologian)
Mother: Anna Sartorius
Wife: Nelly Hoffman (violinist, m. 1913, one daughter, four sons)
Mistress: Charlotte von Kirschbaum (cohabited with Barth and his wife until 1966, d. 1975)

    University: University of Bern
    University: University of Berlin
    University: University of Tübingen
    University: University of Marburg
    Professor: University of Göttingen (1921-25)
    Professor: University of Münster (1925-30)
    Professor: University of Bonn (1930-)

    Sonning Prize 1963
    Ordained Reformed Church, Switzerland (1909)

Author of books:
Der R�merbrief (1919, The Epistle to the Romans)
Die Lehre vom Worte Gottes: Prolegomena zur christlichen Dogmatik (1927)
Fides quaerens intellectum (1931, Faith in Search of Understanding)
Die Theologie und die Kirche (1928, Theology and Church)
Kirchliche Dogmatik (1932�67, Church Dogmatics, 12 parts)
Offenbarung, Kirche, Theologie (1934, God in Action)
Nein! Antwort an Emil Brunner (1934)
Dogmatik im Grundriss (1947, Dogmatics in Outline)
Den Gefangenen Befreiung: Predigten aus den Jahren 1954�59 (1959)

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