Phenomenology has experienced a revival and renewal in recent decades since the time when Dominique Janicaud (1991) polemically complained about the “theological turn” in French phenomenology. It is time to examine the implications of this turn for phenomenology in general, and for (re-)thinking theology and the conditions for religious experience – but also discuss the continuous relevance of Janicaud’s critique. The panel invites contributions on recent developments in phenomenology: How has phenomenology changed by transgressing the limit of immediate appearances? What are the consequences for the field of religion and theology? How could we reflect on onto-theology today? The panel will also discuss how religious phenomena are perceived and analysed, such as revelation, sacrament, incarnation, transcendence, love, body, and sacrifice.
Chair:
- Marcus Held (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz)
Panelists:
- Jack Williams (University of Edinburgh) - Expressive Conversion: Towards a Philosophical Reconceptualisation of the Constructive Role of Expression in Religious Conversion
- Viktor Toth (Fuller Theological Seminary) - Scientific Approach to “Sudden Conversion”
- Diana Dimitrova (University of Montreal) - Devotional bodies and embodied devotion in the Radhsoami tradition
- Discussion
Language: English
