If You Want to Learn Something about Bultmann, Read Bultmann

Jim West is right – Congdon has written a book that anyone interested in Biblical Studies will have to think through in our post-Bultmann world.

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But if you want to UNDERSTAND Bultmann, read Congdon.  And now, you can sample his game-changing book-

Contents
Preface
Introduction
Excerpt from Chapter 1

“For two generations theology has ‘gone around’ Bultmann rather than through him. This evasion has led either to scholarly retreats into the false securities of the old historicism or to circling the wagons of Christian traditionalism. In this brilliant book worthy of its subject, a voice from the youngest theological generation now presents a fresh understanding of Bultmann’s daring missional program. David Congdon urges the church to look outward and forward by interpreting the news of Jesus Christ on the shifting frontiers of an emerging world.”  James F. Kay

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Chris Woznicki is an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He works as the regional training associate for the Los Angeles region of Young Life.

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