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...full-scale theology of history-proves to be an effective counter to Bultmann. But even Pannenberg's critics concede that he has once again raised several traditional issues that have been largely ignored by contemporary German theologians. In contrast to both Bultmann and Switzerland's Karl Barth, who strongly emphasizes the uniqueness of God's revelation in Christ, Pannenberg stresses the continuity of Old and New Testaments. Compared with theologies that place exclusive stress on Biblical authority, Pannenberg's offers a rightful reminder that there may be other ways by which man can come to know...
...Literary Series Lecture: John Barth, novelist, reading from his new work. Emerson Hall...
Died. Theodore H. Barth, 75, co-inventor (with the late Carl L. Norden) of World War II's famed Norden bombsight, a New York-born engineer who started collaborating with the older, more inspired Norden in 1923 and in 1939 under Navy commission lifted off the drawing board and into production the compact (12-in. by 19-in.), though enormously complex, bombsight that in the final phase used only two settings, gave U.S. bombardiers their much-touted "pickle-barrel" accuracy; from a duodenal ulcer; in Wareham, Mass...
...Instructions. Conversely, heaven is now defined as the triumph of self-giving-not as some celestial leisure village. "Heaven is cordial, honest, loving relationships," says Gordon's Kalland. According to Macquarrie, "Heaven is simply the goal of human existence." Such a view parallels that of Swiss Theologian Karl Barth, who wrote that "resurrection means not the continuation of life, but life's completion. The Christian hope does not lead us away from this life...
...raise $50 million for the church. He also served as a director of the Union Theological Seminary, where he endowed a chair. But his interest in religion was not primarily institutional. Well versed in theology, he was comfortable with the works and ideas of Teilhard de Chardin, Bonhoeffer, Barth, Kung and Tillich. One of his closest friends was Jesuit John Courtney Murray, and he frequently attended Mass, where he was fascinated by the changes in the liturgy and delighted to find Martin Luther's A Mighty Fortress Is Our God in the Catholic hymnal. He liked good singing and good...