학술논문

Phenomenology of redemption? Or theory of sanctification?
Document Type
Essay
Source
Theological Studies. June 2013, Vol. 74 Issue 2, p347, 25 p.
Subject
United States
Language
English
ISSN
0040-5639
Abstract
Can there be empirical evidence for a universal mechanism of salvation? To take up such a question will require students of both theology and the social and natural sciences to be in serious conversation with one another. Robert Doran suggests a possible beginning by bringing Bernard Lonergan's "Law of the Cross" and theology of conversion into conversation with Rene Girard's mimetic theory. The result falls well short of a full phenomenology of redemption but is sufficiently promising to allow us to begin thinking about a possible universal theory of sanctification.
PHENOMENOLOGY OF REDEMPTION? (1) The question mark points to the particular challenge of this article. It attempts to bring together two genres of discourse that normally have little to do [...]