Hesychasm as a locus theologicus: The epistemology of experience in Gregory Palamas
HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies April 30, 2026 Wojciech Słomski
This article argues that hesychasm, as articulated by Gregory Palamas, constitutes a genuine locus theologicus when ‘experience’ is construed within a disciplined epistemological and ecclesial framework. Against both rationalist reductions of theology to discursive inference and subjectivist appeals to immediate experience, Gregory Palamas develops a participatory epistemology in which...