A Next Step for Catholic Theology
John Carmody
Theology Today 1976 DOI: 10.1177/004057367603200405 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Argues that if Catholic theology engages the experiential highpoints of non-Christian religious traditions from within its own mystical tradition, that encounter would pressure it to review, renew, and perhaps reform the symbols mediating between numinous experience and confessional doctrine. |
Abstract
“Catholicism will again have an exciting, frontier theology if it probes non-Christian religious experience … from the still point of its own mystical tradition. … The experiential highpoints in non-Christian religious traditions, if engaged, would pressure Catholic theology to review, renew, and perhaps reform its own symbols mediating between numinous experience and confessional doctrine.”