Rudolf Bultmann on Myth, History, and the Resurrection

The Christian faith stands or falls with the confession that Jesus Christ is risen. While that assertion itself is perhaps uncontroversial, precisely what this confession means has been a subject of profound significance and immense controversy for centuries. Central to this discussion is the role of myth and history in the biblical witness and in the church’s theological engagement with the confession that Jesus Christ is risen. This book traces key trajectories of German Protestant discussions of myth, history, and the resurrection from its earliest critical analysis in the work of Hermann Samuel Reimarus and David Friedrich Strauss to contemporary appraisals by Eberhard Jüngel and Ingolf Ulrich Dalferth. At the center of this discussion stands Rudolf Bultmann, whose work on the resurrection sparked fierce debates that left a lasting impact on Protestant theology in Germany and beyond. The questions raised by these theologians continue to resonate in contemporary discussions of the nature and status of biblical texts, the integrity and truth of the Christian confession, and the meaning and significance of the resurrection of Jesus Christ for Christian faith and life at the beginning of the twenty-first century

Review of An Introduction to Christian Theology

A review of An Introduction to Christian Theology by Richard J. Plantinga, Thomas R. Thompson, and Matthew D. Lundberg

Luther’s Life and Thought

Presentation given in part of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation at the First Lutheran Church on October 21, 2017 in Columbus, Indiana

Review of Thinking with the Church: Essays in Historical Theology

A review of Thinking with the Church: Essays in Historical Theology by B. A. Gerrish

Europe at the Time of the Reformation

Presentation given in part of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation at the First Lutheran Church on October 21, 2017 in Columbus, Indiana

Review of The Church Event: Call and Challenge of a Church Protestant

A review of The Church Event: Call and Challenge of a Church Protestant by Vitor Westhelle

Review of Thinking Christ: Christology and Contemporary Critics

A review of Thinking Christ: Christology and Contemporary Critics by Jane Barter Moulaison

Luther, the Flawed Giant

Presentation given in part of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation at the First Lutheran Church on October 21, 2017 in Columbus, Indiana

Review of Take My Hand: A Theological Memoir

A review of Take My Hand: A Theological Memoir by Andrew Taylor-Troutman

The Basel II accord : internal ratings and bank differentiation

The Basel Committee plans to differentiate risk-adjusted capital requirements between banks regulated under the internal ratings based (IRB) approach and banks under the standard approach. We investigate the consequences for the lending capacity and the failure risk of banks in a model with endogenous interest rates. The optimal regulatory response depends on the banks' inclination to increase their portfolio risk. If IRB-banks are well-capitalized or gain little from taking risks, then they will increase their market share and hold safe portfolios. As risk-taking incentives become more important, the optimal portfolio size of banks adopting intern rating systems will be increasingly constrained, and ultimately they may lose market share relative to banks using the standard approach. The regulator has only limited options to avoid the excessive adoption of internal rating systems. JEL Klassifikation: K13, H41