Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2005
Publisher
Peeters Publishers
Source Publication
Encountering Transcendence: Contributions to a Theology of Christian Religious Experience
Source ISSN
9789042916746
Abstract
Religious experience in contemporary theological epistemology is a theme broad enough to allow for many approaches. This essay grants the concept of 'religious experience' tentative validity, subject to later qualification. The actual experience explored will be a 'green' experience of non-human nature that many Christians have in common with many non-Christians. The first section describes it in a general way, while the second probes its character as a possible 'religious experience'. Then, a third section begins to explore its theological significance. A conclusion emphasizes the essential, dynamic partnership between theological method and non-methodical elements, such as religious experiences in general and the 'green' experience in particular.
Recommended Citation
Hughson, Thomas, "Theology: Also (Green) Religious Experience Seeking Understanding" (2005). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 541.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/541
Comments
Published version. "Theology: Also (Green) Religious Experience Seeking Understanding," in Encountering Transcendence: Contributions to a Theology of Christian Religious Experience. Eds. Lieven Boeve, Hans Geybels and Stihn Van den Bossche. Dudley MA: Peeters Publishers, 2005: 93-119. Publisher link. © 2005 Peeters Publishers. Used with permission.