... biographical strands, as at times Barth is deeply critical of his earlier work and confides that if he were asked to have spoken of the humanity of God within the 1920's he would have been 'embarrassed'5 as he 'was not occupied with it'.6 Within this lecture, Barth details many of the reasons why he chose to move away from the liberal theology that he was so taken with in his earlier years. Indeed, he had originally belonged to a broadly liberal school and scholars such as Herrmann had heavily influenced him with Barth describing how he had once 'absorbed' him 'through every pore'. In Berne, he had studied theology, learning all of modern Protestant theology and indeed studying with Harnack, an extremely popular theologian at the time. He also studied Kant systematically and followed Schliermacher, a theologian who he would later deeply criticise, despite remaining deeply in awe of him. In 'The ...

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