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Bible and Church, Bultmann and Augustine: A Response to David Congdon

Moberly, R.W.L.

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I respond here to Congdon’s 2014 response to my 2012 essay on Bultmann and Augustine. I argue that although Congdon offers a useful account of Bultmann’s theology and ecclesiology on its own terms, he does not sufficiently relate this to the question of the relationship between biblical interpretation, ecclesiology and the social nature of knowledge, which I find to be well articulated by Augustine. I critique Bultmann’s application of justification by faith alone to epistemology, which seems to underlie his reticence about the possible epistemological significance of ecclesiology. And I suggest that Bultmann’s programme for theological interpretation, although it has enduring depth and challenge, is nonetheless significantly limited as a resource for contemporary theological interpretation.

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Moberly, R. (2015). Bible and Church, Bultmann and Augustine: A Response to David Congdon. Journal of Theological Interpretation, 9(1), 39-48

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 28, 2014
Publication Date Mar 1, 2015
Deposit Date May 18, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of Theological Interpretation
Print ISSN 1936-0843
Electronic ISSN 1936-0843
Publisher Eisenbrauns
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 9
Issue 1
Pages 39-48
Keywords Bultmann, Augustine, Ecclesiology, Presuppositions, Demythologizing, Plausibility structure, Social nature of knowledge, Biblical truth.
Publisher URL https://www.eisenbrauns.com/ECOM/_4D00I9S62.HTM

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