Karl Barth. Paul S. Chung

“When I moved to the industrial village of Safenwil, my interest in theology as such had to step back noticeably into second place. . . . I became passionately involved with socialism and especially with the trade-union movement. . . . I had to read Sombart and Herkner, I had to read the Swiss trade-union newspaper and the Textilarbeiter” (Barth, Theology of Schleiermacher, 263).

70. Busch, Karl Barth, 56.

71. Barth, “Menschenrecht und Bürgerpflicht” (1911) in Vorträge und kleinere Arbeiten, 1909–1914, 361–79.

72. Ibid., 365.

73. Ibid., 366.

74. Ibid.

75. Ibid., 371.

76. Ibid., 374.

77. Ibid.

78. Ibid., 375.

79. Ibid., 376–77.

80. Ibid., 376.

81. Ibid., 379.

82. Barth, “Jesus Christ and the Movement for Social Justice,” 19–37.

83. Marquardt, “Aktuar,” 119.

84. Barth, “Jesus Christ and the Movement for Social Justice,” 26.

85. Ibid., 21.

86. Ibid., 22.

87. Ibid.

88. Ibid., 25.

89. Ibid., 26.

90. Ibid., 28.

91. Ibid., 29.

92. Ibid., 33.

93. Ibid.

94. Ibid., 34.

95. Ibid., 35–36. Cf. Schellong, “Karl Barth als Theologe der Neuzeit,” 57–58.

96. Barth, “Jesus Christ and the Movement for Social Justice,” 36.

97. Ibid., 37.

98. Gollwitzer, “Kingdom of God and Socialism in the Theology of Karl Barth,” 79–80.

99. Barth, “Jesus Christ and the Movement for Social Justice,” 27.

100. Ibid., 37–38.

101. Ibid., 39.

102. Ibid., 40.

103. Ibid., 41.

104. Ibid., 42.

105. Ibid., 43.

106. Ibid., 44.

107. We read in the minutes of February 13, 1912, that “Mr. Gustav Hüssy-Zuber tendered his resignation as President and member of this authority. Preliminary notice is taken of this fact” (Marquardt, “Aktuar,” 121).

108. “The open letters of the two Safenwil gentlemen have brought me great joy. In this way no one needs to lick any more envelopes to close them, and everyone can read the letters. I think the best thing would be for the Pastor to become an Industrialist. With his intelligence and good books, from which he thinks to derive his life experience, he would quickly have a learning experience behind him. Then he could share profit and loss with his workers and see whether they stay with such an arrangement or break away. To Mr. W. Hüssy, the nobleman who knows less of life’s needs, we would recommend that he change and become pastor in Safenwil. The spiritual profession would not harm him. After a few years industrialist and Pastor would have come closer together in their view. Yours sincerely.” Ibid., 120-1.

109. Busch, Karl Barth: His Life, 70.

110. Marquardt, “Aktuar,” 109.

111. Ibid.

112. Barth’s sermon of January 19, 1913 in Barth, Predigten 1913, 38; cf. McCormack, Critically Realistic, 97–98.

113. Barth’s sermon of February 23, 1913 in Barth, Predigten 1913, 72.

114. Barth, “Gegenrede betreffend militär-Flugzeuge,” in Vorträge und kleinere Arbieten, 2:485–93.

115. Ibid., 489.

116.