Conceptual enquiry and the experience of “the transcendent”
John Hick’s contribution to the dialogue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19504039 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeff Astley (0000-0003-3461-5620, Centre for Education Studies (WRERU), University of Warwick, Coventry, UK; Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, Durham, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 311-322 |
| Publication date | 2017-04-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mental Health Religion & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-4676 • E-ISSN: 1469-9737 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13674676.2017.1284190 |
| OpenAlex | W2599168180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 20 |
John Hick (1922–2012) was an influential analytical philosopher of religion and liberal Christian philosophical theologian who taught in Britain and the United States. His work on religious epistemology, the theology of religions and, to some extent, eschatology has close links with his understanding of the philosophy of religious experience. This paper offers a detailed analysis and critical evaluation of these significant elements of Hick’s philosophical and theological thought, focusing in particular on his theory of religious knowledge and the role played by religious concepts within religious experience, and the relevance of these reflections for his pluralistic account of the variety of religions and his criterion of religious truth. Hick’s response to the challenges of contemporary neuroscience and the philosophy of mind is also reviewed. The paper reflects on the relevance of these views to accounts of an experience of transcendent reality collected through the empirical psychology of religion
Epistemology · Eschatology · Philosophy of religion · Psychology of religion · Religious experience · Religious philosophy · Sociology · Theology · Western philosophy · Karl Barth and Christian Theology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Theology and Philosophy of Evil
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |