tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575068.post78251996833644152..comments2023-09-19T07:11:00.170-07:00Comments on God as the Mystery of Theology: Markus Barth: on demythologizationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575068.post-43744541578945825142008-03-11T17:46:00.000-07:002008-03-11T17:46:00.000-07:00Perhaps Bultmann assumed that if you strive long e...Perhaps Bultmann assumed that if you strive long enough for scholarly objectivity at a certain point you can just speak as though you have it. Thus the scholar, being a scholar, can be assumed to have the perspective of authority and come from the side of facts, critiquing all that is 'merely subjective', e.g., mythological thought. However, the unlimited and spiritually living G-d engages and dialogues with the limited and spiritually dead or just regenerate mind and redeems the whole conversation in the process. Bultmann doesn't escape from subjectivity by making a scholarly issue of it. He simply creates his own personal myth of demythologization. Markus Barth does well to gently indicate the tight corner into which Bultmann paints himself, even while doing Bultmann the honor of showing such interest in 'the Bultmann issue'.<BR/><BR/>maxkirk@telus.netAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28575068.post-77913053443959566462006-12-28T14:30:00.000-08:002006-12-28T14:30:00.000-08:00If Barth demands that we speak of God, and only in...If Barth demands that we speak of God, and only in the terms in which he reveals himself, it's hard for me to see the "deep correlation" when someone else says that to speak of God this way is to speak improperly.Mark McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13989146853483560021noreply@blogger.com