What Is the Purpose of Human Life? – Immediate Experience of God in Pico’s Works

2017 ◽  
pp. 123-141
Author(s):  
Monika Frazer-Imregh
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
Immediate Experience

Philosophy and Theology Together: Karl Rahner’s Way of Thinking

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 1523-1558
Author(s):  
Domingos Terra
Keyword(s):  
Human Existence ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Karl Rahner ◽  
Saint Ignatius Of Loyola ◽  
Hans Urs Von Balthasar ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
Intellectual Honesty ◽  
Immediate Experience ◽  
The One ◽  
To Receive

Karl Rahner’s thinking can be understood by looking at several of its coordinates. First, it unfolds in close connection with the fundamental dynamics of human existence (thinking with a reference). Second, it is prompted by a personal and immediate experience of God, namely, the one of the author himself (thinking with a motivation). Third, it is influenced by the spirituality of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (thinking with an inspiration). Fourth, it aims to show the reasonableness and, therefore, the credibility of the Christian faith (thinking with a purpose). Fifth, it is guided by intellectual honesty that leads to facing reality without reduction or concealment (thinking with an attitude). Finally, it combines philosophy and theology, more precisely, treats philosophy as a necessary moment in theology (thinking with a method). Karl Rahner is remembered for operating the “anthropological turn” in theology. This means that, in his view, one should not reflect on God without reflecting on the human being as well. Rahner is particularly interested in examining the human’s ability to receive what comes from God’s self-revelation. It is an aspect that gives occasion to the discussion that Hans Urs von Balthasar has with him. At the heart of Rahner’s anthropology is the “transcendental experience”. It is originated by the absolute mystery that is present in human existence, precisely that mystery that Christians call God. It is such a fundamental experience that it must be taken into account when leading one’s own existence.

Niebuhr, Helmut Richard (1894–1962)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Marty
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
Liberal Tradition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Creative Tension ◽  
Christian Thought

After early writings interpreting the social dimensions of US religious life from a Protestant point of view, Helmut Richard Niebuhr came increasingly to focus on theology, the interpretation of the Word and experience of God, and ethics, the attempt to live a responsible life grounded in the deepest values. More successfully than any contemporary, he brought into creative tension two major strands of modern Christian thought. From the liberal tradition, he came to stress the relativity of all statements about God and accented the situation of the believer who makes them. Niebuhr matched or countered this perspectival approach with an inheritance from ‘neo-orthodoxy’ which stressed the otherness of God, the distance between God and all human experiences, statements and perspectives. While preoccupied with witness to ‘God beyond the gods’, Niebuhr was also devoted to understanding the human in the light of the experience of God. He developed comprehensive views of the responsible self as the focus of ethics and emphasized the communal dimensions of human life.

A DIMENSÃO TEOLOGAL DO HOMEM EM XAVIER ZUBIRI

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (135) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Francisco Aquino Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
Human Reality ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ultimate Foundation

Resumo: Um dos pontos mais centrais e decisivos na filosofia de Xavier Zubiri diz respeito ao que ele chamou “problema de Deus na vida humana” ou “problema teologal do homem”. É a insistência em mostrar que existe na vida humana um âmbito ou uma dimensão que envolve e dá acesso à realidade de Deus, enquanto fundamento último do real. E independentemente do modo como esse fundamento seja inteligido (Deus, pura facticidade, realidade-desconhecida) e da posição que se tome diante desse problema (teísmo, ateísmo, agnosticismo). Este artigo apresenta, de modo bastante condensado, mas sistemático, o primeiro aspecto da abordagem zubiriana do problema de Deus na vida humana, qual seja, a dimensão teologal do homem, a partir de onde ele poderá se enfrentar filosoficamente com a problemática da história das religiões, em particular, com o cristianismo. Começaremos explicitando o que se quer dizer quando se fala de “dimensão teologal do homem” e apresentaremos, em seguida, os três passos ou momentos da análise que Zubiri faz dessa dimensão: realidade humana; problema da realidade divina; homem, experiência de Deus.Abstract: One of the most central and decisive points of Xavier Zubiri´s philosophy concerns what he calls the “problem of God in human life” or the “theologal problem of man”. It refers to the insistence on showing that there is, in human life, a framework or dimension that involves and gives access to the reality of God, as the ultimate foundation of reality, regardless of how this foundation is comprehended (God, pure facticity, unknown reality), and whatever position on the issue is taken (theism, atheism, agnosticism). In a condensed but systematic way, this article presents the first aspect of the Zubirian approach of the problem of God in human life, whatever is the theologal dimension of man from which he philosophically confronts the issue of the history of religions, particularly Christianity. First, this article explains the meaning of “theological dimension of man”. It then follows with the three steps or stages of the analysis that Zubiri makes of this particular dimension: human reality; problem of divine reality; man, experience of God.

The “Liturgy after the Liturgy” and Deep Solidarity. The Orthodox Understanding of Christian Witness and its Implications for Human Society

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 452-477
Author(s):  
Cristian Sonea
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
Christian Witness

Abstract The paper will investigate the orthodox understanding of mission as “liturgy after the Liturgy” and its consequences for human life. The Eucharistic Liturgy understood as an experience of God where the community of saints reveal the absolute model of unity must be replicated in the human society as another type of liturgy, a liturgy of solidarity. The research will present how starting from the Eucharistic community we can reach the community in solidarity.

“To See Thee I Must [See] Thee, to Love, Love”

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-445
Author(s):  
Maria Lichtmann
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Major Theme ◽  
John Henry Newman ◽  
Gerard Manley Hopkins ◽  
Roman Catholicism ◽  
Experience Of God ◽  
Real Presence ◽  
Immediate Experience ◽  
The Church

Abstract In early poems from his years at Oxford, before his conversion to Roman Catholicism and reception into the church by John Henry Newman, Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote several poems, “The Half-way House,” “Nondum,” “Let me to Thee,” and “My prayers must meet a brazen heaven,” where the absence of God—of the direct, immediate experience of God—is the theme. The poet seems to long for an ontological moment of being in his words, “inscaped” by God. In his childhood faith of the established religion of the Church of England, he has known only a God who is “above.” When he prays the paradox, “To see Thee, I must see Thee, to love, love,” Hopkins is setting out a major theme of his poetic and personal endeavors. This note of longing for an immanent God will be both fulfilled and frustrated in his life and in his art. Duns Scotus’s two incarnations of Christ, into the Eucharist and into human nature, will bring much of that fulfillment philosophically, as his acceptance of the Real Presence brought it spiritually.

Biosecurity: tools, behaviours and concepts

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 449-452
Author(s):  
Alan MacLeod ◽  
Nicola Spence
Keyword(s):  
Plant Protection ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Early Warning Systems ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Surveillance Programs ◽  
Harmful Organisms ◽  
The One ◽  
Biosecurity Practices

COVID 19 has raised the profile of biosecurity. However, biosecurity is not only about protecting human life. This issue brings together mini-reviews examining recent developments and thinking around some of the tools, behaviours and concepts around biosecurity. They illustrate the multi-disciplinary nature of the subject, demonstrating the interface between research and policy. Biosecurity practices aim to prevent the spread of harmful organisms; recognising that 2020 is the International Year of Plant Health, several focus on plant biosecurity although invasive species and animal health concerns are also captured. The reviews show progress in developing early warning systems and that plant protection organisations are increasingly using tools that compare multiple pest threats to prioritise responses. The bespoke modelling of threats can inform risk management responses and synergies between meteorology and biosecurity provide opportunities for increased collaboration. There is scope to develop more generic models, increasing their accessibility to policy makers. Recent research can improve pest surveillance programs accounting for real-world constraints. Social science examining individual farmer behaviours has informed biosecurity policy; taking a broader socio-cultural approach to better understand farming networks has the potential to change behaviours in a new way. When encouraging public recreationists to adopt positive biosecurity behaviours communications must align with their values. Bringing together the human, animal, plant and environmental health sectors to address biosecurity risks in a common and systematic manner within the One Biosecurity concept can be achieved through multi-disciplinary working involving the life, physical and social sciences with the support of legislative bodies and the public.

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