Hallgatni: arany-e vagy cinkosság?
Silence: Is It Golden or Complicity?
Karl Barth’s ‘Silence’ Over the Hungarian Freedom Fight in 1956 in the Interpretation of Reinhold Niebuhr
Author(s): Istvan Pasztori-KupanSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: Karl Barth; Reinhold Niebuhr; Hungarian Revolution in 1956;
Summary/Abstract: The present article deals with Reinhold Niebuhr’s open letter addressed to Karl Barth following the putting down of the Hungarian revolution and freedom fight against the Communist regime. Niebuhr’s letter entitled ‘Why is Barth silent on Hungary?’ was published on 23 January 1957 in The Christian Century. The text of this letter is made available for the first time for the Hungarian readership, preceded by the analysis of Barth’s unexplainable silence over the issue, including his outspokenness during the Second World War as well as the similarly striking attitude of his disciple Josef Lukl Hromádka. It appears that Barth’s image as a systematic theologian – and especially as a Christian ethicist – may have to be reevaluated to a certain degree for the contemporary Hungarian theologians.In the next issue of the Református Szemle the letter of Barth’s English-speaking students as well as Reinhold Niebuhr’s answer will be presented.
Journal: Református Szemle
- Issue Year: 102/2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 103-125
- Page Count: 23
- Language: Hungarian