Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 YV
09/17/19
Category Archives: Defining Religion
09/16/19
07/31/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XP
Summary of text [comment] pages 86 and 87
[Let me return to the interscope of the thought experiment of ‘I choose something’.
I, seat of choice3b, elevates and embodies the actuality of my choice2b, which, in turn, emerges from and situates the potentials inherent in something1b.
The possibilities inherent in me1a underlie something2a, which is then situated as a potential.
What is the normal context for something2a?
A thought experiment3a.]
07/17/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XF
[A good example is found in my work:
Comments on Wayne Proudfoot’s Book (1986) Religious Experience
Dr. Proudfoot (writing in the 1980s) eagerly takes Schleiermacher (writing in the 1800s) to task. In order to demonstrate cause and effect in the religious experience, Proudfoot inadvertently selects a few elements out of a three-level interscope. He neglects all other elements.
Of course, if I selected any two elements in the nine-element matrix, I could declare that one element caused the other (provided that the seven other elements remained constant). This is not false. However, this would be deceptive. My selection would neglect all the other elements in the interscope.
Dr. Proudfoot was awarded a book award from the American Academy for Religion for his efforts.]
07/15/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XD
[Some of the intersections have an alternating (either/or) or dual (and) vertical or horizontal axis. Some have an either/or single actuality.]
07/12/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XC
[Intersections contain two co-oppositions.
Four co-opposed termini intersect in actuality, forming a key image in Jungian psychology: the mandala.]
07/11/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XB
[I proposed three intersecting nested forms so far:
- The message underlying the word ‘religion’
- The tension between ‘me recognizing myself as created in the image of God’ and ‘my human nature is to participate in divine nature’
- The thought experiment where ‘I choose something’
The last two derive from two-level intersections.]
07/10/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 XA
Summary of text [comment] pages 86 and 87
[The intersecting nested form stimulates social construction.
A single actuality is produced by the intersection of two nested forms, one vertical (tending to be more visible, yet immaterial) and one horizontal (tending to be more hidden, yet material).]
07/9/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 WZ
[I proposed 2 two-level interscopes so far:
- The psychology of the person created in the image of God
- The thought experiment where ‘I choose something’
The concept of co-oppositions first appears with this model.]
07/8/19
Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 WY
[The two-level interscope coheres to the idea of sensible construction.
This interscope occupies only the content and situation levels.]