David Congdon: Demythologizing Advent

Homebrewed Christianity

Dr. Tripp Fuller | Theologian, Philosopher, Minister

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.6 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 87 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. David Congdon joins me to discuss Rudolf Bultmann and his Advent preaching. He is infamous for his “demythologizing” approach to scripture, which seeks to uncover the true meaning behind the biblical narratives. Bultmann’s Advent sermons strip away sentimentalism, presenting the Incarnation as a call to authentic existence. We’ll consider how his approach can help us understand Christmas as more than a story, but as a profound encounter with God’s call in our own lives. You can WATCH the conversation on YouTube David Congdon is an author, speaker, and scholar working in the area of theology and culture. Originally from Portland, Oregon, he completed a B.A. in English at Wheaton College, acquired an M.Div. and Ph.D. in theology from Princeton Theological Seminary, and have since worked in the publishing industry as an academic acquisitions editor. Previous Podcast Episodes with David Who Is a True Christian?: Contesting Religious Identity in American Culture Dialectical Theology Bultmann’s Mission of Demythologizing _____________________ This DECEMBER, we will be exploring the 'Theologians of Crisis' in our online Advent class - Breaking into the Broken World. Join us to learn about Karl Barth, Paul Tillich, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Rudolph Bultmann as we explore their thoughts and timely reflections in their Advent/Christmas sermons. Join my Substack - Process This! Join our class - THE RISE OF BONHOEFFER, for a guided tour of Bonhoeffer's life and thought. Spend a week with Tripp & Andrew Root in Bonhoeffer’s House in Berlin this June as part of the Rise of Bonhoeffer Travel Learning Experience. INFO & DETAILS HERE Follow the podcast, drop a review, send feedback/questions or become a member of the HBC Community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right. Hello, everyone. This is Tripp. This is a fourth week of Advent. And David Congdon is here. And we are going to boltmon. We're going to bolt mon. And if for some reason you're saying to yourself, whoa, I love this David Congdon fella. I'm interested in the boltmon. And I want to hear the lecture that apparently he gave that I haven't heard. Then you should go to oh god what now. Dot net. Oh, H. Godw. Godw.comot now. Dot net you can you can join it's donation based including zero so if you're just mildly interested in what
0:45.8	david said which is probably going to be better than what he's going to say once i start pestering him
0:50.9	with holiday cheer.
0:55.5	Then go over there.
0:56.2	Thank you.
1:02.3	The fact that over 100 people are joining live this close to Christmas was kids out.
1:03.6	Rather impressive.
1:07.8	Those of you listening on the podcast later or watching the video, we're not judging you.
1:08.9	I understand.
1:10.0	I understand.
1:12.0	And you could have made the choice to just start drinking wine right when you get on the live stream so um yeah david thank you for being here
1:21.7	and um when i told my family i said hey, hey, I'm going downstairs.
1:27.9	Got to spend some time with David and Rudolph.
1:31.3	My daughter was like, really?
1:36.8	I was like, no, Boltman.
1:38.6	Rudolph Boltman.
1:40.0	And yet people who misspell his name as the reindeer, you know, that's an ongoing joke among my friends.
1:47.0	You always get the pH, Rudolph.
1:51.0	I was like, Rudolph is similar to Boltman in that his origin story also begins in the situation of deep angst and conflict with the world in which he
2:04.4	found himself. He's in the North Pole. And the world of the North Pole has a normative notion
2:10.6	of what it means to be a reindeer. And yet his red nose does not quite fit. And in fact,
2:16.1	the expectations of normativity in the North Pole
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