Rudolf Bultmann: Makers of the Modern Theological Mind

Rudolf Bultmann: Makers of the Modern Theological Mind
ISBN-10
1619708132
ISBN-13
9781619708136
Series
Rudolf Bultmann
Category
Religion
Pages
129
Language
English
Published
2016
Publisher
Hendrickson Publishers
Author
Morris Ashcraft

Description

Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976), one of the twentieth century's most influential theologians, strove to make the New Testament understand able to modern people. To accomplish this, he sought to discover new terms or concepts to convey the biblical message-which he found in existential philosophy. Most widely know for his program for "demythologizing" the New Testament, he said that the New Testament conveyed its external truths through first-century myth (e.g. angels, demons, heaven, a heavenly redeemer, and so on), which needed a retranslation in existential terms. At heart, he was churchman and sought by his unusual scholarship to bring to life the Christian message for his contemporaries. In this book, Morris Asheraft provides a concise and reliable guide to Bultimann's system of thought and his continuing influence. Book jacket.

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