Revelation: Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion, Conference 2012

Author:   Ingolf U. Dalferth ,  Michael Ch. Rodgers
Publisher:   JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
Volume:   74
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9783161531989


Pages:   301
Publication Date:   19 March 2014
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"Revelation is a central category in many religions. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mormonism or Unificationists are difficult if not impossible to imagine without it. For some, revelation signifies a decisive event in the past, for others it is a present reality. It plays a central role in shaping religious identities, and it is the reason for much criticism. Some follow a religion only because of its claim to divine revelation, whereas others criticize it as ""hearsay upon hearsay"" (Paine) on which they would never rest their belief. For some, God has put everything at risk in revelation, including his own being, exposing himself to the utter contingency of existence; for others, even the idea of revelation is an embarrassment to their understanding of a perfect and absolute God. Sometimes revelation is used to refer to a special source of information about the divine accessible only to a few, in the hand of others it becomes virtually indistinguishable from religious experience or experience in general. Sometimes revelation is understood to be self-communicating and self-authenticating, at other times revelations need mediations and mediators. In some traditions, true revelation is always personal and experienced, and past revelation must continually be made revelation again. Some religions have built elaborate institutions of priests and privileged interpreters to safeguard their revelation, control access to it and to protect the right way of interpreting and communicating it. Theologies have distinguished between natural and supernatural, general, specific and individual, personal and impersonal revelation, between revelation, inspiration and incarnation, or between revelation and divine self-revelation. But claims to revelation have also been criticized as strategies of self-immunization, which allow religions to avoid critical public debate of their views and teachings, or legitimize the position of those in power. The 33rd Conference of Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University in 2012 addressed these complex issues by concentrating on three areas of debate: I. Revelation and Reason, II. Hermeneutics of Revelation, III. Phenomenology of Revelation."

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Author:   Ingolf U. Dalferth ,  Michael Ch. Rodgers
Publisher:   JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
Imprint:   JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)
Volume:   74
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.40cm
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9783161531989


ISBN 10:   3161531981
Pages:   301
Publication Date:   19 March 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Geboren 1948; 1977 Promotion; 1982 Habilitation; Professor Emeritus für Systematische Theologie, Symbolik und Religionsphilosophie an der Universität Zürich; Danforth Professor Emeritus für Religionsphilosophie an der Claremont Graduate University in Kalifornien. is a Research Advisor and Higher Education Consultant at Hanover Research in Washington, D.C.

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