Fritz Buri

German theologian

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Fritz Buri was a follower of theologian Rudolf Bultmann. Buri found Bultmann's approach to demythologizing the New Testament not radical enough, as Bultmann sought to retain the core proclamation (kerygma) while discarding mythological elements. Buri aimed to overcome this distinction, suggesting that authentic existence is not exclusively Christian. His views led him to consider the significance of other religions, approaching a position similar in principle to that of Ernst Troeltsch.1

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Neo-orthodoxy and demythologization
A follower of Bultmann, Fritz Buri, considered Bultmann’s stance to be insufficiently radical, for Bultmann differentiated between the kerygma (the essential proclamation of the early church) and the myths, desiring to retain the former but not the latter. Buri attempted to overcome this distinction. Authentic existence is not, according…
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A follower of Bultmann, Fritz Buri, considered Bultmann’s stance to be insufficiently radical, for Bultmann differentiated between the kerygma (the essential proclamation of the early church) and the myths, desiring to retain the former but not the latter. Buri attempted to overcome this distinction. Authentic existence is not, according…
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