<p>Introduction by Colin E. Gunton</p><p>Interest in Karl Barth is running at unprecedented levels in the English-speaking world, and it is high time that his excellent survey of formative eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Protestant thinkers be made available again to theological students and general readers.</p><p>Featuring an extensive introduction by Colin E. Gunton that recontextualizes and reintroduces Barth&#39;s work for a new generation, this book provides a superb review of the shapers of modern Protestant thought and practice. Barth offers insightful readings of all the most significant figures of the modern period -- Rousseau, Lessing, Kant, Hegel, Schleiermacher, Feuerbach, Ritschl, and others -- as well as several lesser-known thinkers. Also included here are Barth&#39;s preface to the original 1946 German edition and a translation of his hard-to-find essay 'On the Task of a History of Modern Protestant Theology.'</p><p>In addition to providing insight into some of the church&#39;s seminal theologians, this volume offers an excellent look at Barth himself. In capturing Barth&#39;s personal views on doctrine, the church, and intellectual history, the book also provides valuable background reading for those studying Barth&#39;s own theology.</p>