Reading Karl Barth on Truth and Falsehood in the Post-Truth Age

This article offers a close reading of two sections of Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics, i.e., §70.1 “The True Witness” and §70.2 “The Falsehood of Man” against the background of the post-truth environment. A brief discussion of the post-truth phenomenon highlights how some strands of the resistance to...

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Main Author: Thompson, Geoff 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 8
Further subjects:B Karl Barth
B Post-truth
B falsehood
B Truth
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