What Did Karl Barth Argue in His Works During the Religious

question 110

Multiple Choice

What did Karl Barth argue in his works during the religious revivals stimulated by the horrors of two world wars, the Cold War, and attendant socio-cultural upheavals?

• A)He argued that the Bible is the literal word of God and that salvation and consolation comes from accepting that "truth."
• B)He argued that the Bible, although not inherently true, still gives the best instruction for moral behavior.
• C)He argued that the sinful and imperfect nature of humans means that they can know religious truth not through reason but only through the grace of God.
• D)He argued that the mystery religions of Asia and the Middle East give humans a more transcendent sense of the divine and should come to replace Christian bigotry.
• E)He argued that a diversity of religious beliefs, including such "New Age" practices as witchcraft, the worship of healing rock crystals, and devotion to Gaia the Earth Mother, is a healthy sign of a new spiritualism in Western Civilization.

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