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- OTHER UNDERSTAN-DINGS OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834)
- Agreed with Otto that religious experiences are primarily emotional. The emotions are deeper than reason.
- For him, the experiences are not numinous but at their core a feeling of absolute dependence upon the divine.
- It is this awareness of absolute dependence upon 'a source of power that is distinct from the world' that is at the heart of religion
- Theology arises afterward as people reflect on their experiences.
- It is this awareness of absolute dependence upon 'a source of power that is distinct from the world' that is at the heart of religion
- Martin Buber (1878-1965)
- Viewed religious experiences as being analogous to intimate personal relationships that he called I-THOU relationships.
- This differs from the I-IT relationship that we have with objects or when we treat people as objects.
- The I-THOU relationship is a mutual interaction. We may experience such I-THOU relationships when we encounter nature, in deep friendships and most importantly, by experiencing God.
- Viewed religious experiences as being analogous to intimate personal relationships that he called I-THOU relationships.
- This differs from the I-IT relationship that we have with objects or when we treat people as objects.
- The I-THOU relationship is a mutual interaction. We may experience such I-THOU relationships when we encounter nature, in deep friendships and most importantly, by experiencing God.
- The I-THOU relationship is a mutual interaction. We may experience such I-THOU relationships when we encounter nature, in deep friendships and most importantly, by experiencing God.
- This differs from the I-IT relationship that we have with objects or when we treat people as objects.
- Viewed religious experiences as being analogous to intimate personal relationships that he called I-THOU relationships.
- The I-THOU relationship is a mutual interaction. We may experience such I-THOU relationships when we encounter nature, in deep friendships and most importantly, by experiencing God.
- This differs from the I-IT relationship that we have with objects or when we treat people as objects.
- Viewed religious experiences as being analogous to intimate personal relationships that he called I-THOU relationships.
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834)
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