Transcendence Descended
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11296041 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Svein E Strand (NLA University CollegeNorway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-59 |
| Publication date | 2014-02-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mission Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0168-9789 • E-ISSN: 1573-3831 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15733831-12341308 |
| OpenAlex | W2902545114 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 14 |
Our worldview, the basic assumptions of and for reality, strongly influences our perception of the Gospel. Thirty years ago Paul G. Hiebert wrote about the excluded middle, arguing that his “Western” assumptions of reality prevented him from grasping the spiritual world he faced as a missionary to India. This article, written thirty years later, argues that in parts of Europe there is, rather than an exclusion of the middle, an increasing tendency to exclude the top. That is to say, there is a greater opening for spiritual realities than we saw a few decades ago, but there is also an increased reluctance to accept spiritual absolutes. There is no authority on the top of the hierarchy. A parallel to a religiosity with an excluded top is seen in the immanentist religious culture found in Japan, where God is not easily seen as transcendent from the creation. The article makes use of worldview theory and insights from Japanese culture in its argument for “transcendence descended” – that God is increasingly limited to the immanent sphere
Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Epistemology · Hierarchy · History of religions · Holism · Immanence · Perception · Political science · Religiosity · Religious pluralism · Sociology · Spirituality · Theology · Transcendence (philosophy · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Christian Theology and Mission · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
A rumor of angels
Japanese Patterns of Behavior
The Interpretation of Cultures
The sacred canopy
Personal Knowledge
Encountering Religious Pluralism
Human Nature in the Japanese Myths
Post capitalist society
The Spiritual Revolution Of Northern Europe Personal Beliefs
The ambivalent effects of modernization on the traditional folk religion of Japan
Practically Religious
Worldviews
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |