The Author's Introduction Like many author's forewards, Barth's foreward to I/1, written in 1932, plunges the reader into controversies in a now-remote world with little explanation or historical context. Unexplained­ but in the background-- is Barth's controversial career as a Swiss Reformed pastor in Safenwil (a small in Kanton Aargau, roughly between Zürich and Berne) … Continue reading I/1: The Doctrine of the Word of God