Brent A. R. Hege is the Center for Faith and Vocation Scholar in Residence and Instructor of Religion at Butler University in Indianapolis. He is the author of Faith at the Intersection of History and Experience: The Theology of Georg Wobbermin (Wipf and Stock, 2009), winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, administered by the Forschungszentrum Internationale und Interdisziplin�re Theologie at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He is a graduate of Gettysburg College, the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, and Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia.
"Hege is one of the most able guides of this theological period on
the North American scene today, and in his hands readers are
treated to even-handed and theologically subtle explorations into
what these thinkers found to be at stake in this most core question
of Christian faith: what is the historical veracity and
contemporary importance of the resurrection narratives? This book
will be very useful in both classroom and research settings, and
should find wide readership among those interested in issues of
biblical hermeneutics, Christian treatment of myth, and the
interaction of tradition and modernity in Protestantism."
--Robert Saler, Research Professor, Christian Theological Seminary,
Indianapolis
"In this erudite study, Brent Hege proves himself a master of
modern German theology and demonstrates that the debate over myth
and demythologizing is not a topic of merely historical interest
but remains vital to the life of the Christian community today. His
nuanced and sympathetic analysis of Rudolf Bultmann is a
much-needed antidote to the flippant rejections of the great
Marburg theologian's work. Hege shows that the church that seeks to
understand what it means when it proclaims the resurrection of the
crucified Jesus cannot afford to ignore these questions."
--David W. Congdon, Author of The Mission of Demythologizing:
Rudolf Bultmann's Dialectical Theology
"In theology, it is always difficult to tell when a past scholar
has stopped being a 'contemporary theologian' and has turned into a
'historical thinker.' This learned and exciting book by Brent Hege
makes Rudolf Bultmann look more like the first category, even
though many today would place him in the second. Hege's grasp on
the implications of the doctrine of resurrection shows remarkable
subtlety."
-- Derek Nelson, Stephen S. Bowen Professor of Liberal Arts
Religion Department
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