The mission of demythologizing: Rudolf Bultmann's dialectical theology

"Rudolf Bultmann's controversial program of demythologizing has been the subject of constant debate since it was first announced in 1941. It is widely held that this program indicates Bultmann's departure from the dialectical theology he once shared with Karl Barth. In the 1950s, Bart...

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Main Author: Congdon, David W. (Author)
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis Fortress Press 2015
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Summary:"Rudolf Bultmann's controversial program of demythologizing has been the subject of constant debate since it was first announced in 1941. It is widely held that this program indicates Bultmann's departure from the dialectical theology he once shared with Karl Barth. In the 1950s, Barth thus referred to their relationship as that of a whale and an elephant: incapable of meaningful communication. This study proposes a contrary reading of demythologizing as the hermeneutical fulfillment of dialectical theology on the basis of a reinterpretation of Barth's theological project." --
Item Description:Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton Theological Seminary, 2014 under title: The mission of demythologizing : Rudolf Bultmann's eschatological dialectical theology
Includes bibliographical references (pages 865-921) and index
Introduction: Bultmann--missionary to modernity -- The problem: the mythical picture of Bultmann -- Reinterpreting the myth: a periodization of the Barth-Bultmann relationship -- The missionary essence of dialectical theology -- The mission of Bultmann's dialectical theology -- The truth of myth and the necessity of demythologizing -- Toward a dialectical intercultural hermeneutic -- The problem of myth and the program of deconstantinizing -- Eschatological existence and existentialist translation -- Conclusion: The future of demythologizing -- Appendix A: Appeal of German churchmen and professors to Protestant Christians in foreign lands (1914) -- Appendix B: The Christian meaning of faith, love, hope (1925) -- Apprendix C: Leitsätze of Rudolf Bultmann (1925) -- Appendix D: On the concept of "myth" (1942-1952)
Physical Description:xxxiii, 953 pages 24 cm
ISBN:9781451487923

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