Hope in Barth's Eschatology

’This is not just an excellent treatment of Karl Barth's eschatology; it is also a lively engagement with major debates about God, contemporary human life and fundamental ways of orienting ourselves towards the future’. Professor David F. Ford, University of Cambridge, UK 'Cracking his way through the thickets of Barth-criticism and commentary, and negotiating the vast tracts covered by Barth's own writing, McDowell renders a valiant service to Barth studies by detailing Barth's teaching on eschatology. The undertaking is little short of heroic and acquaintance with the English-language scholarship impressive... This is an excellent beginning - and it sets up a certain expectation...' The Expository Times 'McDowell renders a valiant service to Barth studies...The undertaking is little short of heroic and acquaintance with the English-language scholarship impressive. But something stirs beneath the text which is perhaps even more promising than what we have published at this point...McDowell shows himself to be an able theologian...This is an excellent beginning - and it sets up a certain expectation (as all talk of eschatology should)' Literature and Theology. 'This is a thought-provoking study, born out of a very wide reading of Barth.' Reviews in Religion and Theology '... McDowell's book is an important and welcome addition to Barth scholarship and to the discussion of Barth's eschatology in particular.' International Journal of Systematic Theology '... this is an important topic in Barth studies, and the extensive research, bibliography and notes on this important topic will serve Ashgate's readers well...' The Bulletin of the Institute of Reformed Theology