Prayer According to Kierkegaard

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-202
Author(s):  
Jean-Louis Chrétien ◽  
Filippo Pietrogrande
Keyword(s):  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Human Being

Abstract In this article first appeared in 1997, Jean-Louis Chrétien examines the meaning of prayer in Kierkegaard’s writings and existence. By focusing on the difficulties of this task and with meticulous attention to the vast work of the Danish philosopher, Chrétien describes prayer as a tense and agonistic experience, akin to the evangelical struggle between Jacob and the angel. Just like in his well-known phenomenological analysis, “The Wounded Word: Phenomenology of Prayer”, the author identifies in prayer a paradoxical articulation of struggle and peace, gift and endeavour, speaking and listening, through which the human being is profoundly transformed and finally learns to truly say “thank you”.

The Role of Psychology According to Edith Stein

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Angela Ales Bello
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Philosophical Anthropology ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Spiritual Life ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Edith Stein ◽  
Implicit Motivation

To understand the role of psychology as science according Edith Stein, we have to clarify the main features of her philosophical anthropology. Through the phenomenological analysis of the lived experiences she discovers the complex structure of the human being: the bodily, the psychic, and the spiritual life. The psychic level is ruled by causality, but it is different from the causality that we find in the nature, because it is not deterministic. In the psyche there is also an implicit motivation, but the explicit one is present in the spiritual life. For this reason, according to her, psychology, even if it is the science of the psyche, cannot avoid dealing with the spiritual aspect of the human being. Stein’s position is very important in order to grasp the limits of a psychology that follows the model of natural sciences.

The problem of periodization of the history of religion

1997 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Borys Lobovyk
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Religious Development ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

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