Howard Thurman's Mystical Logic: Creatively Encountering Oneness - A Logical Analysis of Thurman's Theology

Howard Thurman is described on his book covers, which were published during his lifetime, as a poet, mystic, philosopher, and theologian. Aside from this description, locating Thurman among other philosophers and theologians has been difficult owing to the description of his work as non-systematic....

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Published in:Black theology
Main Author: Neal, Anthony Sean (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2017]
In: Black theology
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
FD Contextual theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDG Free church
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B cosmic unity
B Mystic experience
B Mysticism
B Plotinus
B perceptual framework
B Intuition
B Neoplatonism
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Summary:Howard Thurman is described on his book covers, which were published during his lifetime, as a poet, mystic, philosopher, and theologian. Aside from this description, locating Thurman among other philosophers and theologians has been difficult owing to the description of his work as non-systematic. In this paper, I argue that (i) Howard Thurman can be located, historically, among other philosophical theologians in general and more specifically as a precursor to Black Theology because of his allowance for his experience to inform him. Then (ii), I also assert that he was systematic in his approach to philosophy and that such an approach was through a mystic framework, which is described in detail here, for the first time.
ISSN:1743-1670
Contains:Enthalten in: Black theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/14769948.2017.1359008