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David W. Congdon is Senior Editor at the University Press of Kansas and instructor in theology at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. Born in Portland, OR, now living outside Kansas City, MO, he earned his PhD in theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. In addition to acquiring books in politics, law, US history, Indigenous studies, environmental studies, and religion, he writes and speaks on matters of religion, politics, and modern society.

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	The Mission of Demythologizing: Rudolf Bultmann's Dialectical Theology 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Karl Barth in Conversation by W. Travis McMaken (Editor), David W. Congdon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Converting Witness: The Future of Christian Mission in the New Millennium by John G. Flett (Contributor), Stephen Bevans (Contributor), David W. Congdon (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Dialectical theology thinks within historical consciousness without reducing faith to history, that is, without reducing kerygma to culture. Similarly, demythologizing does not reductively accommodate or conform the gospel to modernity, as many of its critics allege. As Bultmann states in his response to Karl Jaspers, “the goal of demythologizing is not . . . to make the faith acceptable to modern people, but rather to make it clear what the Christian faith is.”[19] Clarifying the faith for people in a particular cultural situation is the very definition of the missionary enterprise. In carrying out his hermeneutical program, Bultmann is nothing less than a missionary to modernity.”
― David W. Congdon, The Mission of Demythologizing: Rudolf Bultmann's Dialectical Theology

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“Barth’s rejection of liberal theology can be understood, I suggest, as a rejection of a constantinian conception of mission, one that conflates the norm of the gospel with the given norms of culture.”
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