Bultmann Unlocked [Paperback]

The unique character of Rudolf Bultmann's thought has been missed by many traditional studies that cast him in exegetical or hermeneutic frameworks. His methods of source criticism and his concept of 'demythologizing'?have led some to reject his thought in toto, others?to?label him as a subjectivist. Tim Labron steps out of such traditional studies by reading Bultmann as a unique scholar and leading to the keys that unlock?the distinct character of Bultmann's thought, namely, John 1,14 and the principle of justification by faith.?Bultmann uses them in a?parallel function - to burn the traditional subject-object hierarchies and self-made foundations?to the ground. Labron shows the implications this had?for theology, religious studies and philosophy.

PART I
INTRODUCTION

1.Short Biography and Reception of Bultmann

PART II
BULTMANN AND THE LOCK

2. Paradigm and Paradox: John 1:14

3. Flesh or Glory?

4. Historie or Geschichte

PART III
BULTMANN'S KEYS RENEWED

5. Demythologizing and Justification by Faith

6. From Cartesian to Anti-Cartesian Thought

7. A Post-Structural Context

8. Wittgensteinian Parallels

PART IV
BULTMANN UNLOCKED

9. Dissolving Locks and Philosophy

10. Implications for Theology and Religious Studies

A new reading Bultmann as a unique scholar leading to the keys that unlock the distinct character of Bultmann's thought.

Tim Labron is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Concordia University College of Alberta, Canada.