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Work #423 · Late

Jesus Christ and Mythology

Rudolf Bultmann
1958 (Shaffer Lectures at Yale) · English
Theological lectures · German Protestant existentialist theology

Bultmann's 1958 statement of the demythologization program — translating the New Testament kerygma into existentialist categories

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Attribute Jesus Christ and Mythology (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Personal
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Jesus Christ and Mythology

Existentially-interpreted eschatological time.

Space

Jesus Christ and Mythology

The hermeneutic space of kerygma and modern interpreter.

Matter

Jesus Christ and Mythology

Embodied modern human person addressed by the kerygma.

Observer

Jesus Christ and Mythology

The modern person making existential decision.

Energy

Jesus Christ and Mythology

Energies of kerygmatic call and existential response.

Information

Jesus Christ and Mythology

Demythologization hermeneutic framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Jesus Christ and Mythology

Bultmann's demythologization in continuing controversy with conservative and Barthian theology.