Phenomenal Theology

We no longer believe that the mind is a blank slate that simply records sense-data as given. Over the last two centuries, we have become increasingly aware of the fact that we bring something to what is given to us in experience. It is what we bring to our experience in the form of our conceptual pe...

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Main Author: Danaher, James P. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2007
In: New blackfriars
Year: 2007, Volume: 88, Issue: 1018, Pages: 709-721
Further subjects:B Jonathan Edwards
B Revelation
B Scripture
B Perspectivalism
B Phenomenal reality
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Summary:We no longer believe that the mind is a blank slate that simply records sense-data as given. Over the last two centuries, we have become increasingly aware of the fact that we bring something to what is given to us in experience. It is what we bring to our experience in the form of our conceptual perspective that molds and shapes our understanding or interpretation of the experience. This is especially true of religious experience. What is given in our God experiences is from God, but our interpretive understanding and reaction to our God experiences are uniquely our own. This paper considers several aspects of religious experience from such a phenomenal perspective.
ISSN:1741-2005
Contains:Enthalten in: New blackfriars
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2007.00170.x