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“This Obscure Desire toward a Better Understanding”

Barth studied theology because of his confirmation instruction which introduced him to theological topics. He went to Bern, Berlin, Tübingen and Marburg, preferring liberal approaches over conservative ones. But in his autobiographical notes, he later overstated things when he stressed that at that time he preferred a very different theology than his father. Adolf von Harnack, Wilhelm Herrmann, and Martin Rade became his most important teachers. Kantian and Neo-Kantian philosophy interested him, and he enthusiastically read Schleiermacher’s speeches On Religion. In Bern Barth joined the Zofingia student fraternity (where he became known for his views on “the social questions”) and experienced his first great love. After finishing his studies he worked as editorial assistant for the journal Die Christliche Welt in Marburg, where his outspokenness soon became evident.