The Event of Faith: The Transformation of Philosophy by Theology in Rudolf Bultmann

Abstract

This article suggests that Rudolf Bultmann can be seen to reconfigure Heidegger’s understanding of the relationship between philosophy and theology in terms of a transformation of philosophy by theology. In that sense, though Bultmann is often understood to be in line with the early Heidegger on this issue, it seeks to think with Bultmann beyond Heidegger by showing how Bultmann’s theology, precisely as theology, can be used to address critiques (articulated by contemporary French phenomenologists) of Heidegger’s understanding of the related notions of possibility and event. In doing so, it will become evident that, although he himself sets up his understanding of the relationship between philosophy and theology as fitting Heidegger’s broader methodological framework, we can nevertheless find in Bultmann the keys to the thinking of philosophy in relation to theology in terms of the transformation of one by the other that this article seeks to develop.

Demitologi Bultmann Ditinjau Dari Sudut Pandang Teologis Antropologis dan Peran Pendidikan Agama Kristen

“…Selanjutnya dikatakan Bultman mengenai keselamatan yaitu sebagai realisasi takdir kehidupan manusia dari Tuhan yang digagalkan oleh dosa. (Deketelaere, 2019). Bultmann memandang keselamatan seharusnya dimiliki manusia tetapi dosa menggagalkannya.…”

“…Nikolaas Deketelaere menjelaskan pandangan Bultmann dalam bukunya "Theology of the New Testament" yaitu bahwa teologi adalah sama dengan antropologi. Ketika seseorang berbicara tentang Tuhan, ia ternyata harus berbicara kepada dirinya sendiri (Deketelaere, 2019). Jadi Bultmann berpandangan bahwa teologi yang berbicara mengenai Tuhan berarti juga membicarakan manusia yang diciptakan-Nya melalui tingkah laku dan cara berpikirnya.…”