Revelation, Disagreement and Obscurity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20312121 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F Gerald Downing (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 219-230 |
| Publication date | 1985-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412500017200 |
| OpenAlex | W2039913888 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
‘Revelation’ has not appeared at all frequently in the titles of contributions to this journal (nor, from memory, has it at all often been their unannounced subject matter). On the other hand, neither does it seem to have been formally banished. The term is occasionally used, still, without any obvious sign of unease. Perhaps the majority of contributors have tacitly abandoned it, as incompatible with a broadly phenomenological approach to religions. It is possible to describe expressions of religion (including claims to ‘revelation’) and analyse their doctrinal statements (including assertions that they contain a given knowledge of deity); but to use the term in description or analysis might seem to concede too much. If there is a revealed religion, the others might hardly seem worth describing or dissecting
Epistemology · Physics · Revelation · Sign (mathematics) · Subject (documents) · Term (time) · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Study and Philosophy of Religion
| Highly cited | No |
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