A Literary Reception of Karl Barth’s Römerbrief: On Barthianism in John Updike’s Roger’s Version

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A Literary Reception of Karl Barth’s Römerbrief : On Barthianism in John Updike’s Roger’s Version. / Nielsen, Bent Flemming.

Crisis and Reorientation: Karl Barth’s Römerbrief in the Cultural and Intellectual Context of Post WWI Europe. red. / Christian Svinth-Værge Põder; Sigurd Baark. Springer, 2023. s. 195-214.

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Nielsen, BF 2023, A Literary Reception of Karl Barth’s Römerbrief: On Barthianism in John Updike’s Roger’s Version. i C Svinth-Værge Põder & S Baark (red), Crisis and Reorientation: Karl Barth’s Römerbrief in the Cultural and Intellectual Context of Post WWI Europe. Springer, s. 195-214. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27677-4_10

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Nielsen, B. F. (2023). A Literary Reception of Karl Barth’s Römerbrief: On Barthianism in John Updike’s Roger’s Version. I C. Svinth-Værge Põder, & S. Baark (red.), Crisis and Reorientation: Karl Barth’s Römerbrief in the Cultural and Intellectual Context of Post WWI Europe (s. 195-214). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27677-4_10

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Nielsen BF. A Literary Reception of Karl Barth’s Römerbrief: On Barthianism in John Updike’s Roger’s Version. I Svinth-Værge Põder C, Baark S, red., Crisis and Reorientation: Karl Barth’s Römerbrief in the Cultural and Intellectual Context of Post WWI Europe. Springer. 2023. s. 195-214 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27677-4_10

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Nielsen, Bent Flemming. / A Literary Reception of Karl Barth’s Römerbrief : On Barthianism in John Updike’s Roger’s Version. Crisis and Reorientation: Karl Barth’s Römerbrief in the Cultural and Intellectual Context of Post WWI Europe. red. / Christian Svinth-Værge Põder ; Sigurd Baark. Springer, 2023. s. 195-214

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