The Freedom that we have – Barth on the Principalities, Powers, and other reflections
The principalities and powers are the area of theology upon which we need to be focussed at this time – many of us are, I know.
In 1962 Karl Barth visited America for his first and only time. He engaged in a q&a with emerging highly regarded “young theologians”. By some miracle William Stringfellow was on the panel as one of these (and by virtue of being a good friend of Markus Barth, and Barth senior learning of Stringfellow, and liking what he had to say). The result of Stringfellow’s involvement resulted in some excellent questions on the principalities and powers. But here you go – two recordings of all the questions and answers. Also, when Barth tells people to listen to this man, it’s to Stringfellow he points – staggering perhaps when you think that Hans Frei was also on the panel.
I’ve lowered the quality a bit to make the file size relatively small.
Finally, keep in mind that the publish transcript differs from the recording at some major points. The transcript was edited and some of the real conversation obscured, no doubt motivated by the politics of Princeton at the time.
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