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"Keep alive the rumor that God is alive..."
Years ago, a mainline (Protestant ecumenical) denomination an ran an advertisement ending with the wording, "Keep alive the rumor that God is alive."
What mainline Protestant denomination (perhaps in the late 1960s or early 1970s) was that? Was there public discussion at the time (on the topic AND on the advertisement)?, Where might we find printed documentation of the advertisement and any (possible) public discussion? Why can we find only one Internet mention of that very curious ad (www.dsmyers.com)?
The mainline denomination was perhaps Presbyterian (PCUSA?) or Lutheran (LCA?).
I am not asking for your faith or your response. I am asking which liberal 'mainline' denomination produced that broadcast.
I'm literal enough in my reading to ask a literal question, "Which liberal 'mainline' denomination produced that broadcast?"
In some sense, it could be in the spirit of German demythologizer Rudolf Bultmann, who wrote that Jesus was resurrected in the theology of the early Christian community. Those who believe that Jesus was really resurrected physically (not 'literally' but physically - really) will be less friendly to a 'literal' bodily resurrection than to a physical resurrection.
But how often, even in 'fundamentalist' churches, are congregants told that they believe in a LITERAL 'physical bodily resurrection'? It may not be schizophrenic to ponder what is happening physically in a room where a speaker utters those words.
But what about the mainline denomination who broadcast those words?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Bultmann
http://www.answers.com/topic/rudolf-karl-bultmann
Of course, one could ask, "What Power working within the believers makes that hope happen in that way?" But again, the question is pretty straight-forward, "Which mainline denomination who broadcast those words?" Who can find that out from a history of religious broadcasting?
Years ago, a mainline (Protestant ecumenical) denomination an ran an advertisement ending with the wording, "Keep alive the rumor that God is alive."
What mainline Protestant denomination (perhaps in the late 1960s or early 1970s) was that? Was there public discussion at the time (on the topic AND on the advertisement)?, Where might we find printed documentation of the advertisement and any (possible) public discussion? Why can we find only one Internet mention of that very curious ad (www.dsmyers.com)?
The mainline denomination was perhaps Presbyterian (PCUSA?) or Lutheran (LCA?).
I am not asking for your faith or your response. I am asking which liberal 'mainline' denomination produced that broadcast.
I'm literal enough in my reading to ask a literal question, "Which liberal 'mainline' denomination produced that broadcast?"
In some sense, it could be in the spirit of German demythologizer Rudolf Bultmann, who wrote that Jesus was resurrected in the theology of the early Christian community. Those who believe that Jesus was really resurrected physically (not 'literally' but physically - really) will be less friendly to a 'literal' bodily resurrection than to a physical resurrection.
But how often, even in 'fundamentalist' churches, are congregants told that they believe in a LITERAL 'physical bodily resurrection'? It may not be schizophrenic to ponder what is happening physically in a room where a speaker utters those words.
But what about the mainline denomination who broadcast those words?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Bultmann
http://www.answers.com/topic/rudolf-karl-bultmann
Of course, one could ask, "What Power working within the believers makes that hope happen in that way?" But again, the question is pretty straight-forward, "Which mainline denomination who broadcast those words?" Who can find that out from a history of religious broadcasting?