My View

In his program for demythologization of Scripture, the great German theologian Rudolf Bultmann argued that the world-view of the Scriptures was hopelessly outmoded. If one wanted to communicate a biblical message in the modern world, it must be translated into an acceptable, modern idiom. Bultmann’s idiom was existential philosophy, but this philosophical fad is largely passing now, and Bultmann’s philosophical influence has concomitantly waned. Nevertheless, Bultmann’s contention that the world-view of the Bible is hopelessly outmoded is almost universally affirmed by our leading cultural and intellectual institutions. But I wonder. Any empiricist will acknowledge that the house of cards […]