Document Type
Article
Date
Fall 1986
Keywords
Syracuse University Special Collections, Rudolf Bultmann, theology, Hitler, church and state, liberation theology
Language
English
Disciplines
Political History | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Description/Abstract
This article is adapted from an address that Antje Lemke gave on the life and contributions of her father, Rudolph Bultmann. He was a prominent Protestant theologian, having grown up before Hitler's rise to power, and Bultmann witnessed how the Nazis manipulated the Church to try to gain support for their devious political goals. He joined the voices that spoke out against this fusion of national corruption with the Church. After World War II, he became involved in debates concerning political and liberation theology.
Recommended Citation
Lemke, Antje Bultmann. "Theology for Freedom and Responsibility: Rudolf Bultmann's Views on Church and State." The Courier 21.2 (1986): 3-15.
Source
local input
Included in
Political History Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons
Additional Information
Adapted from an address given by Antje Lemke in 1986 to the Syracuse University Library Associates to honor the centenary of Professor Bultmann's birth.