Research Catalog

Title

An existentialist theology: a comparison of Heidegger and Bultmann.

Author

Macquarrie, John

Publication

Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1973.

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Details

Description

x, 239 p.; 18 cm.

Series Statement

Pelican books

Subject

• Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976
• Bultmann, Rudolf, 1884-1976
• Christianity and existentialism

Note

• Previous ed. London, SCM Press, 1955.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prefaces -- Introduction -- I. The relation of the philosophy of existence to theology -- 1. Philosophical influences upon theological thought -- 2. Theology and ontology -- 3. The existential approach to theology -- 4. Existentialism and biblical thought -- 5. Existentialism and the teaching of Jesus -- 6. A preliminary view of Bultmann's position -- Part one: Existence as inauthentic and fallen -- II. Existence in the world -- 7. The concept of existence -- 8. Man and the world -- 9. The world -- III. The disclosure of existence -- 10. Understanding -- 11. Anxiety -- IV. The threat to existence -- 12. Facticity -- 13. Depersonalization -- 14. Fallenness -- V. The significance of existence -- 15.Care -- 16. Death -- 17. The quest for meaning -- Part two: The Christian life as authentic existence -- VI. The transition to an authentic existence -- 18. The idea of an authentic existence -- 19. Conscience -- 20. Grace -- VII. Existence as temporal and historical -- 21. Temporality and historicity -- 22. The mythical and the historical -- 23. The mighty acts -- VIII. Christian existence -- 24. Faith -- 25. Characteristics of the life of faith -- IX. Existence in the community -- 26. The church -- 27. The word and sacraments -- Conclusion -- X. Results of the inquiry -- 28. The perspective -- 29. Existentialism and the Christian understanding of man -- 30. Existentialism and demythologizing -- Glossary -- Index of writers -- Index of subjects -- Biblical references

ISBN

0140215352

LCCN

^^^74163184^//r892

OCLC

• 3241986
• SCSB-12509306

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library