- barthianism
- \\-ˌnizəm\ noun
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Usage: usually capitalized: the Barthian crisis theology or dialectical theology that rejects theological liberalism and its emphasis on empirical methods and stresses instead reliance on supernatural revelation
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/bahr"tee euh niz'euhm, -thee-/, n.the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, esp. in reference to neoorthodoxy.[1930-35; BARTHIAN + -ISM]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.