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Word: bultmannian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Born in Cincinnati and a graduate of S.M.U.'s Perkins School of Theology, Ogden is one of the nation's most persuasive interpreters of Rudolf Bultmann's "demythologized" Christianity (TIME, Sept. 24, 1956). Methodist Ogden was denounced as an "antichrist"' by Texas fundamentalists after his Bultmannian study, Christ Without Myth, was published last fall. Ogden insists that he is "a Christian only by being a modern man," and being modern to him means explaining religion in terms that are acceptable to contemporary scientific and technical thought. He believes that the purpose of such Christian dogmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Pathfinding Protestants | 5/25/1962 | See Source »

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