Talk by Ian Henderson
Professor of Systematic Theology in the University of Glasgow
In this talk Professor Henderson reviews the first volume of Rudolf Bultmann's ' Theology of the New Testament,' recently published in English. There has been much speculation as to whether Buhmann's work on the New Testament, which proved so helpful to German chaplains during the Second World War, is in effect a revival of the old liberalism of fifty years ago, and the appearance in English of his major work will help many people to decade this question. Professor Henderson, who has already written a book with the title of this talk, maintains that Bultmann has gone considerably beyond the position of the liberals in his interpretation of the myth in which the New Testament message is enshrined.