Both terms – “Karl Barth” and “Liberation Theology” – represent complex and contested histories. Any suggestion of “conversation” will therefore be as complex and contested – as this volume wonderfully shows. Authors from diverse backgrounds and persuasions speak with informative, often inspiring, often challenging voices – without one common agenda, but not to be ignored.

- Dirk Smit, Princeton Theological Seminary, USA,

At a time when theologians are often <i>either</i> pondering classical doctrinal themes <i>or</i> pursuing liberationist commitments, this collection of essays is a magnificent effort at bridge building (without pontificating). The encounter between liberation theologies and Karl Barth could help reboot not just liberationist studies or Barth scholarship: it may spark new insights among all those, across the globe, who pay close attention to their social and political context as they reflect upon God’s self-manifestation in Jesus of Nazareth. The conversation between liberation theology and Karl Barth has been sparse and often disappointing in the last half-century. This volume is a magnificent and compelling step towards a fruitful, mutual engagement.

- Christophe Chalamet, Université de Genève, Switzerland,

Dugan and Jones have gathered exactly the kind of theological scholarship that our field needs most: the kind that engages a 'canonical' thinker best by remembering what liberation theologians have taught us over the last half-century, that dogmatic labor is inherently contextual, vulnerable and responsible to the call of God in place and time. Barth remains vital to the extent that he–despite his shortcomings–understood the work of dogma in this way. This volume invites students and scholars to continue learning, alongside Barth, from the full range of liberation theologians who call us to remember the dogmatic tradition as one invested in the work of justice, critically attentive to material, historical, and political conditions.

- Michelle Chaplin Sanchez, Harvard Divinity School, USA,

This book is a game changer because it defies the dichotomy between Barthians and liberationists. Each of the diverse authors brings what they know to their encounter with Barth so freely that the book becomes not only about Barth, but also about the calling of each of us to do justice together in this world.

- Cynthia Rigby, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA,