»Theologen mit Stil« oder »Menschenfresser«?

From the beginning of his academic career, Karl Barth had a very critical relationship
with the neo-Calvinism of Abraham Kuyper and Herman Bavinck. Failed attempts at rapprochement,
misunderstandings, polemics and fundamental theological differences seem
to have prevented any cooperation. At the same time, a major parallel between the two
theological concepts, namely the endeavour to update the theology of Reformation for
the present and to develop it politically and culturally, has been recognised repeatedly and
recently discussed anew. This study therefore traces Barth's assessment of neo-Calvinism
and asks about the causes of the mutual rejection as well as points of contact for a constructive
discourse on the theological approaches of Barth and neo-Calvinism.