Scholars@Duke
Jason Eslicker

Scholarly Works

Why Barth changed his mind: retrieval and rejection of the extra Calvinisticum in the theology of Karl Barth

Journal article Scottish Journal of Theology · January 1, 2026 Over the course of his career, Karl Barth changed his mind on the extra Calvinisticum, moving from a robust early affirmation to a final rejection in the later volumes of the Church Dogmatics. This article traces that theological shift, arguing that it was ... Full text Cite

‘Christ plays in ten thousand places’: Christ and Creation in the Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins

Journal article Heythrop Journal Quarterly Review of Philosophy and Theology · January 1, 2026 This essay offers a new theological framework for understanding the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins by drawing on the Christology of the post-Chalcedonian tradition, especially as developed by Maximus the Confessor. Against prevailing critical accounts tha ... Full text Cite

‘Natos ex verbo’: Martin Luther and the ‘Mysticism of the Word’

Journal article Reformation and Renaissance Review · January 1, 2024 The question of whether Martin Luther’s theology warrants the epithet ‘mystical’ has generated rival and divergent responses. Tracing developments in Luther’s thought concerning the verbum increatum, this essay argues that Luther’s decisive alteration to m ... Full text Cite