Conceiving Mary's Agency: Towards a Barthian Mariology

de Stigter, Christopher P.

Abstract

This essay argues for the possibility of a ‘Barthian’ Mariology particularly through an analysis of human agency. I first show that Karl Barth's articulation of Mary in I/2 of the Church Dogmatics marginalizes Mary's agency in part due to his anti-Roman Catholic polemic and his gender binary. I then correct Barth with Barth by showing how his mature Christology advances an account of human agency commensurate with Mariology. With this Christological account of human agency established, I construct a genuinely ‘Barthian’ Mariology that shows her as the eschatological and prototypical human agent.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 23, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Dec 13, 2022
• Publication Date: 2023-07
• Deposit Date: Dec 13, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 5, 2023
• Journal: Modern Theology
• Print ISSN: 0266-7177
• Electronic ISSN: 1468-0025
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 39
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 388-412
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12834
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1184539