Description: A new reading Bultmann as a unique scholar leading to the keys that unlock the distinct character of Bultmann's thought. >
Brief description: Tim Labron is Professor and Department Chair in Philosophy and Religious Studies at Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada. He is author of Science and Religion in Wittgenstein's Fly Bottle (Bloomsbury, 2016), Bultmann Unlocked (Bloomsbury, 2011), Wittgenstein and Theology (Bloomsbury, 2009), and Wittgenstein's Religious Point of View (Bloomsbury, 2006).
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'Only a fewyears ago taking a degree in Christian origins or Protestant Christian theologywould have included at least some acquaintance with Rudolf Bultmann. ButBultmann's writings, like Eliade's in the field of comparative religion, arenow more often criticized or simply ignored. Dr. Labron, while not overlookingthe problems with Bultmann's work, insists here on its perennial value forscholars in general and Christians in particular. He considers Bultmann's keypoint to be succinctly expressed in