The mission of demythologizing : Rudolf Bultmann's dialectical theology / David W. Congdon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Congdon, David W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bultmann, Rudolf, 1884-1976.

Bultmann, Rudolf.

Demythologization.

Dialectical theology.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 953 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2015]

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." -- Book jacket.

Contents:

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).

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9781451487923

1451487924

OCLC:

898167245