stage for the final goal of this thesis of retrieval. However, before that can be
attempted the highly significant barrier of resistance cast by residual shadows of Karl
Barth must be examined. In exploring the landscape of the twentieth-century it will
be evident that not all Reformed Christians shared Barth’s pessimism about
mysticism or about experience. Barth will be compared with his earlier contemporary
Herman Bavinck, another significant theologian in the Reformed tradition, who
responded more favorably to contemplative-mystical theology and experience. This
in turn will create the means for recovering seven principles from Ambrose for
challenging and deepening contemporary Reformed Christians in their theology and
piety.
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