Rudolf Bultmann: Interpreting Faith for the Modern EraBultmann's pioneering study of the New Testament initiated a new era in biblical studies in the Twentieth Century. Together with Karl Barth, Bultmann broke with liberal theology, but his often misunderstood program of demythologization took him in a radically different direction from Barth. In many respects Bultmann set the agenda for biblical theology in the decades following World War II. This volume concentrates on the key texts and ideas in Bultmann's thought. It presents the essential Bultmann for students and the general reader. Roger Johnson's introductory essay and notes on the selected texts set Bultmann in his historical context, chart the development of his thought, and indicate the significance of his theology in the development of Christian theology as a whole. Substantial selections from Bultmann's work illustrate key themes: God as "Wholly Other" Jesus and the Eschatological Kingdom Existentialist interpretation Kerygma Faith and Modernity in conflict Demythologizing: controversial slogan and theological focus |
Contents
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LIBERAL THEOLOGY AND THE LATEST THEOLOGICAL MOVEMENT | 63 |
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SPEAK OF GOD? | 77 |
JESUS AND THE ESCHATOLOGICAL KINGDOM | 89 |
THE MESSAGE OF JESUS | 100 |
EXISTENTIALIST INTERPRETATION | 127 |
THE PROBLEM OF HERMENEUTICS | 135 |
MODERNITY AND FAITH IN CONFLICT | 238 |
THE QUESTION OF WONDER | 254 |
THE TASK OF THEOLOGY IN THE PRESENT SITUATION | 267 |
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DEMYTHOLOGIZING CONTROVERSIAL SLOGAN AND THEOLOGICAL FOCUS | 286 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 327 |
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NOTES TO SELECTED TEXTS | 334 |
KERYGMA | 156 |
PAUL | 200 |
THE RELATION BETWEEN THEOLOGY AND PROCLAMATION | 233 |
SUBJECT INDEX | 341 |
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Page 49 - For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Page 42 - What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him," God has revealed to us through the Spirit.