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Rudolf Bultmann is one of the most widely known but least read theologians of the twentieth century. He is famous as the one who “demythologized” the New Testament, but very few understand what he meant by this or how his hermeneutical program connects to the other areas of his theological project. Bultmann presents a unique challenge to readers, not only because of his radical theological...

is “not a general assertion about the concept of God, but declares that the real God is really merciful to real sinners, to you and to me.”20 Theologically speaking, a statement becomes genuinely dialectical when it refers to a reality that we encounter, something that actually affects and transforms us. “God is merciful to the sinner” has to become “God is merciful to me.” The purpose of theology is to bring to speech the actual event in which one encounters the living God. Theology must do so,
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