This book addresses several dimensions of religious revelation. These include its occurrence in various religious traditions, its different forms, its elaborations, how it has been understood by Western theologians, and differing views of revelation's ontological status. It has been remarked that revelation is most at home in theistic traditions, and this book gives each of the three Abrahamic traditions Judaism, Christianity, and Islam its own chapter. Revelation, however, is not limited to theistic traditions; forms found in Buddhism and nondevotional (nontheistic) Hinduism are also explored. In the book's final chapter a particularly significant form of religious revelation is identified and examined: pervasive revelation. The theistic manifestation of this form of revelation, pervasive in the sense that it may occurs in all the domains or dimensions of human existence, is shown to be richly represented in the Psalms, where God's presence may be found in the heavens, in the growing of grass, and in one's daily going out and coming in. Pervasive revelation of religious reality is also shown to be present in the Buddhist tradition.

Explores the concept of religious revelation throughout various traditions, forms, and elaborations Expands the discussion of revelation beyond theistic traditions to include Buddhism and nondevotional Hinduism Presents and defends a potentially universal form of pervasive religious revelation

Autorentext

The late James Kellenberger was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge, USA. Professor Kellenberger's other books include Kierkegaard and Nietzsche (1997), Dying to Self and Detachment (2012), and most recently Religious Revelation (2021).

Inhalt

Chap. 1 Introduction.- Chap 2 Revelation in Judaism.- Chap 3 Revelation in Christianity.- Chap 4 Revelation in Islam.- Chap 5 Revelation in Other Traditions.- Chap 6 Elaborations of Revelation.- Chap 7 Oracles, Dreams, and Other Revelatory Experiences.- Chap 8 Theologians on Revelation.- Chap 9 Views of Revelation.- Chap 10 Faith and Revelation.- Chap 11 Pervasive Revelation.- Bibliography.- Index