Hermeneutical Resemblance in Rudolf Bultmann and Thich Nhat Hanh

Joel J.T. Young (jtyoung@gcas.ie)
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Joel J.T. Young: Global Center for Advanced Studies: College Dublin, IE

No 030JT, Proceedings of the 14th International RAIS Conference, August 19-20, 2019 from Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies

Abstract: Over the last several decades, academic theology in America has seen a resurgence of interest in the 20th century German-speaking theological movement known as dialectical theology. While primarily focusing on the theology of Swiss Reformed theologian, Karl Barth, there has also been a revival of curiosity in Barth’s academic rival, Rudolf Bultmann, who cultivated the controversial program of “demythologization.†Though the recovery of Bultmann’s work in English-speaking circles is historically valuable to our understanding of how modern theology progressed, the question still stands as to how it might aid our dialogue in an increasingly pluralistic world. Unpacking one such opportunity is the aim of this paper. Through dialogue with the Zen Buddhism of Thich Nhat Hanh, I show how different contours of Bultmann’s thought can aid us in understanding and approaching interreligious discourse through hermeneutical consistencies and resemblance. While this paper discusses several different aspects of Bultmann’s and Nhat Hanh’s religious thought, the consistencies and resemblance between the two individual thinkers are, no doubt, emblematic of greater Familienähnlichkeit between their respective faith traditions – a topic to be taken up at a later time.

Keywords: Rudolf Bultmann; Thich Nhat Hanh; Demythologization; Zen Buddhism; Christianity; Dialectical Theology; Hermeneutics; Interreligious Dialogue (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 7 pages
Date: 2019-08
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Published in Proceedings of the 14th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities, August 19-20,2019, pages 187-193

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