“The Christian in society”: Reading Barth’s Tambach lecture (1919) in its German context

Kritzinger, J.N.J.

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“…Our best mission praxis merely anticipates and provisionally embodies God's Reign. Karl Barth (1928) proposed that the role of Christians in society should be seen from three closely related viewpoints: the regnum naturae (God's YES to creation, humanity and culture), the regnum gratiae (God's NO to human sin and suffering, revealed in the power of Christ's resurrection that has been let loose in history) and the regnum gloriae (God's BUT, spoken to Christian activists to remind them that the coming Reign of glory is God's gift, not their possession) (see Kritzinger, 2007). We do not own God's Reign or manufacture it; we receive it in faith and embody it in love and hope.…”

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Mission in Prophetic Dialogue

Kritzinger

2013

Missiology

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Prophetic dialogue" is the underlying ethos or spirituality of Christian mission. This view is rooted theologically in the missio Dei, from which flows a "dimensional" understanding of holistic mission. A "praxis matrix" traces the contextual dynamics of mission, and the concept of "transformative encounter" highlights the complex interaction between Christians and other communities. Two case studies explore the nature of prophetic dialogue: the reconciling work of Maggie Barankitse in Burundi and the sermon of Desmond Tutu at the funeral of Steve Biko in South Africa in 1977. The article concludes with reflection on dialogue as embrace and prophecy as unmasking and imagining.

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Mission in Prophetic Dialogue

Kritzinger

2013

Missiology

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“…Bearing Matikiti (2009) and Kritzinger (2007Kritzinger ( :1673Kritzinger ( -1674) agreed on the importance of Church involvement in politics and reason that Christianity in politics is like truth in the midst of error and lies, righteousness in the midst of a sea of unrighteousness and a spirituality within all our crass materialistic tendencies.…”

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A critical assessment of Church and political engagement in Zimbabwe under the new dispensation

Magezi

Tagwirei

2022

Verbum Eccles.

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Since the reign of the late Robert Gabriel Mugabe, Zimbabwe has been seized by retrogressive puppetisation of partisan gospel ministers and churches, worsened by state victimisation of those who stand against political ills. Church and state relations were compromised and fear gripped most citizens. At his inauguration, the incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa pledged a ‘new dispensation’ but contrarily remained similar to the preceding regime. Today, Church and state relations remain compromised as leaders appear accommodative when supported and vindictive when critiqued. The prevailing situation divided the Church, leaving some pastors dining with oppressive leaders whilst others side with the oppressed, culminating in disturbing polarisation. Ruling politicians captured some gospel ministers to sanitise the ‘new dispensation’ and vilify its critics. Although multiple researches have been carried out on Church and politics in Zimbabwe, the lack of clarity on how churches should engage with the state remains an ongoing challenge. Using a literature-based approach, this article evaluates ecclesial engagement with national politics in view of the Old Testament’s fearless prophetic involvement in politics and the New Testament’s understanding of the Church as the salt and the light of the world (Mt 5:13–16). Results of this assessment are that Church engagements with politics have been defined by economic volatility, polarisation, corruptibility, hermeneutical weaknesses and theological differences. The article concludes that the Church should contextually apply the Old Testament’s prophetic stance and the New Testament’s ‘salt and light’ engagement in Zimbabwe.Interdisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: Assessing Church and political engagement in Zimbabwe under the new dispensation in light of the Old Testament’s prophetic involvement in politics and the New Testament’s conceptualisation of the Church as salt and light (Mt 5:13–16) is a contextually critical contribution that interfaces ecclesiology with Christian, biblical, public and political theologies.

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“…the Tambach lecture as a musical piece in five movements. The first paper (Kritzinger 2007) has shown how intricately Barth composed his Tambach lecture, and how he developed and refined his basic view (Section 1: The Christian in society is Christ in society) in the following four sections of the lecture, particularly through the subtle interplay between his three viewpoints (Gesichtspunkte) of regnum naturae, regnum gratiae and regnum gloriae -as thesis, antithesis and synthesis respectively. The ability to hold together these three viewpoints in the delicate way that Barth did at Tambach -presenting a theology for public life that expresses a sustaining but nontriumphalist victory of light within darkness -is a work of art and requires musical sense.…”

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“…As indicated in the preceding paper (Kritzinger 2007), Barth delivered his Tambach lecture at a time when there was "a deep political uncertainty and chaos in the countries of central Europe" and when clarity was needed "about the relationship between God's coming Kingdom and human actions for justice." Understandably, there was uncertainty among Christians about their involvement in politics, especially after the ravages of the First World War.…”

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Tambach remixed: “Christians in South African society”

Senokoane

Kritzinger

2007

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies

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This article flows from the previous one, which analysed Karl Barth’s Tambach lecture in its original German context. It uses the musical metaphor of “remixing” to describe the recontextualising of Barth’s Tambach approach in contemporary South African society. After recontextualising the theological foundations of the Tambach lecture, Barth’s three viewpoints (regnum naturae, regnum gratiae, regnum gloriae) are recontextualised for South Africa, addressing the issue of poverty as an example

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“The Christian in society”: Reading Barth’s Tambach lecture (1919) in its German context

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Mission in Prophetic Dialogue

Mission in Prophetic Dialogue

A critical assessment of Church and political engagement in Zimbabwe under the new dispensation

Tambach remixed: “Christians in South African society”

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