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New Testament and Mythology: And Other Basic Writings

This book is a compilation of key writings that delve into the relationship between the New Testament and various mythological traditions. It includes a variety of texts that examine the influence of mythology on Christian teachings and the ways in which both have shaped religious thought and culture. more

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Rudolf Bultmann
Rudolf Bultmann

Rudolf Bultmann, a German theologian, was born on August 20, 1884, and died on July 30, 1976. He is known for his critical interpretation of the New Testament and his theory of demythologization of religious language. more

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“Contemporary Christian proclamation is faced with the question whether, when it demands faith from men and women, it expects them to acknowledge this mythical world picture from the past. If this is impossible, it has to face the question whether the New Testament proclamation has a truth that is independent of the mythical world picture, in which case it would be the task of theology to demythologize the Christian proclamation.”

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“It is impossible to repristinate a past world picture by sheer resolve, especially a mythical world picture, now that all of our thinking is irrevocably formed by science. A blind acceptance of New Testament mythology would be simply arbitrariness; to make such acceptance a demand of faith would be to reduce faith to a work.”

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“I have been reading Madame Roland's memoirs and have come to the conclusion that she was a very over-rated woman; snobbish, vain, sentimental, envious - rather a German type. Her last days before her execution were spent in chronicling petty social snubs or triumphs of many years back. She was a democrat chiefly from envy of the noblesse.”

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