Q. How can I access Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics?

Electronic Access
We have electronic access to Church Dogmatics in English and German through the Karl Barth Digital Library Database. This database also includes Barth's complete works in German. The Karl Barth Digital Library is typically access through the Fuller library databases page, and is also accessible to alumni.

Current students, faculty, and staff can also access T & T Clark's new Study edition of Church Dogmatics online through the Bloomsbury Theology and religion database. You can browse all volumes through the complete eBook title list (in alphabetical order). This new edition is notable for providing the translation of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and French passages into English, making the text more accessible to non-specialists. 

Print Access
Fuller Seminary owns the complete print edition of Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics in English and German. Due to the work's importance and the prolific secondary literature on Barth, and the Church Dogmatics in particular, finding specific editions in the library catalog can be a challenge. For your convenience, the call number for the standard editions are listed below:

The call number for the first edition of Church Dogmatics in English is BX4827 .B313. This is the 4 volume, 14 part edition (including index) published by T&T Clark and Scribner, 1936-1969 (includes various reprints). There is a complete copy of this print edition also available in Reference.

The call number for the new study edition of Church Dogmatics in English is BX4827 .B313 2009. This 2009 T & T Clark edition was published as 5 books in 31 volumes. It revises the original English translation and translates non-German languages that the first ed. left untranslated. 

The Call number for Die kirchliche Dogmatik (original German edition) is BX4827 .B3. This is the 4 volume, 14 part edition (including index) published by Evangelischen Buchhandlung, 1932-1970.