TY - BOOK AU - Van Buren,Paul Matthews TI - The secular meaning of the Gospel: based on an analysis of its language T2 - The Library of philosophy and theology AV - BR121.2 .V3 U1 - 230 PY - 1963/// CY - London PB - SCM Press KW - Bible KW - N.T KW - �Evangiles KW - Critique, interpr�etation, etc KW - Christianity KW - 20th century KW - Bijbelse theologie KW - gtt N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The Contemporary problem for Theology and faith: A secular understaning of the Gospel; The Two sides of the problem: Christology and Understanding; The Method and nature of this study The Concern for Christology: The way to Chalcedon; Evaluations of Chalcedon; The Problem of Patristic and Biblical Categories; A Christology of "Call" and "Response" The Concern for understanding: Existentialist Interpretations of a Gospel without Myth; Problems of "God" language, and history; An Analysis of the Radical Alternative Analyses of Theological language: The problem of Religious Language; Linguistic Analyses of Religious Assertions; A Method for reconstruction ; Jesus of Nazareth: The problem of History; The Historical Jesus; Easter The Meaning of the Gospel: The Gospel as the expression of a historical perspective; The language of New Testament Christology The Meaning of Christology: Theology's responsibility to its own past; Analysis of the Language of Christology; The function of Christology The meaning of Theology: Revelation, predestination and creation; Sin, Justification and Sanctification; The Church, its Acts and Words Conclusion: Secular Christianity ER -