The Shift to Modernity Christ and the Doctrine of Creation in the Theologies of Schleiermacher and Barth

The Goal of Sherman's Book is to add one more voice to the growing chorus of opinion that the theologies of Friedrich Schleiermacher and Karl Barth may have far more in common that the many insistent assertions of the latter, or the partisans of either, would lead one to believe. While there can be no easy reconciliation of the differences which do in fact exist between these two figures, Sherman argues that these differences do not always stem from irreconcilable starting points. He investigates one aspect of their theologies-the doctrine of Creation.

Robert Sherman is Professor of Christian Theology at Bangor Theological Seminary in Maine