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The secular meaning of the gospel, based on an analysis of its language.

Title
The secular meaning of the gospel, based on an analysis of its language.
Author
Van Buren, Paul M. (Paul Matthews), 1924-1998
Publication
New York, Macmillan [1966, ©1963]

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Description
205 pages; 22 cm
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Christianity > 20th century
  • Christianity
  • Semantics
  • Christianity
  • Bible
  • Semantics
  • semantics
  • Christologie
  • Secularisatie (maatschappij)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. The contemporary problem for theology and faith : a secular understanding of the gospel ; The two sides of the problem : Christology and understanding ; The method and nature of this study -- The concern for Christology. The way to Chalcedon ; Evaluations of Chalcedon ; The problem of patristic and biblical categories ; A Christology of "call" and "response" -- The concern for understanding. Existentialist interpretations of a gospel without myth ; Problems of "God," language, and history ; An analysis of the radical alternative -- Analyses of theological language. The problem of religious language ; Linguistic analyses of religious assertions ; A method for reconstruction -- Jesus of Nazareth. The problem of history ; The historical Jesus ; Easter -- The meaning of the gospel. The gospel as the expression of a historical perspective ; The language of New Testament Christology -- The meaning of Christology. Theology's responsibility to its own past ; Analysis of the language of Christology ; The function of Christology -- The meaning of theology. Revelation, predestination, and creation ; Sin, justification, and sanctification ; The church, its acts and words -- Conclusion : secular Christianity.
OCLC
  • ocm07381017
  • 7381017
  • SCSB-844410
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library