Embodiment and the Experience of the Divine

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Embodiment and the Experience of the Divine

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

At the outset of Genesis, we are presented with two different pictures of God. The first depicts God as the creator of the world and, thus, as transcendent to it. This implies that we cannot understand his creative action in worldly terms. It implies, in fact, that God, himself, escapes human comprehension. This, however, is what the second depiction of God by Genesis seems to deny. In a striking passage, it quotes God as saying: &quot;Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ... So God created man in his own image; in the image of God he created him&quot; (Gen 1: 26-27). Here, the implication is that to understand God, we need to understand &quot;man.&quot; The way to such comprehension is to see God&apos;s actions as analogous to our own. If the first picture of God emphasizes his transcendence, the second depicts him as immanent. It links the understanding of God to our self-understanding. How can such radically different descriptions be combined? In this article, I argue that both conceptions are involved in the flesh that incarnates us.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Embodiment and the Experience of the Divine

Popis výsledku anglicky

At the outset of Genesis, we are presented with two different pictures of God. The first depicts God as the creator of the world and, thus, as transcendent to it. This implies that we cannot understand his creative action in worldly terms. It implies, in fact, that God, himself, escapes human comprehension. This, however, is what the second depiction of God by Genesis seems to deny. In a striking passage, it quotes God as saying: &quot;Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ... So God created man in his own image; in the image of God he created him&quot; (Gen 1: 26-27). Here, the implication is that to understand God, we need to understand &quot;man.&quot; The way to such comprehension is to see God&apos;s actions as analogous to our own. If the first picture of God emphasizes his transcendence, the second depicts him as immanent. It links the understanding of God to our self-understanding. How can such radically different descriptions be combined? In this article, I argue that both conceptions are involved in the flesh that incarnates us.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Religious Theory: e-supplement to the The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

ISSN

1530-5228

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

Neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

22

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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