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Toward Interpreting the Language of Spirit: The Legacy of Rudolf Bultmann

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Language and Spirit

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How are we to understand “the language of spirit”? Into what conceptual category does “spirit” fall or, better, what is the grammar of “spirit”? Such, I understand, are the questions constituting the inquiry to which this paper seeks to contribute. Its guiding question, accordingly, is: What have we received from the work of Rudolf Bultmann toward interpreting the language of spirit that is significant for clarifying and, perhaps, answering these questions?

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  1. Schubert M. Ogden
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Claremont Graduate University, USA

    D. Z. Phillips (Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus) (Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus)

  2. University of Wales, Swansea, UK

    D. Z. Phillips (Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus) & Mario von der Ruhr (Lecturer in Philosophy) (Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus) &  (Lecturer in Philosophy)

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Ogden, S.M. (2004). Toward Interpreting the Language of Spirit: The Legacy of Rudolf Bultmann. In: Phillips, D.Z., von der Ruhr, M. (eds) Language and Spirit. Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230524231_5

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