On Reading Karl Barth in the USA: Laudation given at the conferment of the Karl Barth Prize 2010 to Prof. George Hunsinger

Abstract

The Union of Evangelical Churches in the German Evangelical Church honored Prof. George Hunsinger with the “Karl Barth Prize 2010.” This is the laudation given at the conferment of the Prize in June 2011. It recalls Barth’s first trip to the United States in 1962 and the impression of it on Barth as well as on the American people. It explains the relation between Barth’s theology and American theology then and now. And, most of all, it honors George Hunsinger as a theological teacher who has been learning from and writing on Barth for decades, developing theological insights and political engagement true to Barth’s heritage.