Liberal theology in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The falsification challenge -- The liberal response -- A purified liberal theology -- The Barthian project in postliberal perspective -- Allies for Barth's heirs: Wittgenstein and ordinary language philosophy -- Earlier postliberalism: narrative theology and Hans Frei's synthesis of Wittgenstein and Barth -- Postliberalism II: George Lindbeck and Frei's later work -- A tale of two dead ends: the linguistic problems of liberal and postliberal theology -- Conclusion: navigating the divide between liberal and postliberal theology.