Comments on: The Experience of Faith http://bdhamilton.com/articles/the-experience-of-faith Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Brian Hamilton http://bdhamilton.com/articles/the-experience-of-faith#comment-3113 Brian Hamilton Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:41:40 +0000 http://bdhamilton.com/articles/the-experience-of-faith#comment-3113 Yes, yes, you are certainly right. Part of the reason I appreciated this short article so much was that Schmemann really made clear how much of the church's faith rests upon a real _encounter_ with God, an encounter that one must wrestle with intellectually but which is also profoundly _affective_, profoundly a matter of _experience_. For we who so enjoy the life of the intellect, it can be much more difficult to nourish and treasure this affective part of faith--despite the fact that this part is very much required to make our own existence into a true epiphany of God's saving acts. And I take it that a crucial bit of Schmemann's argument here is that without the constant experience of the liturgy, theology will never really keep hold of human existence. Yes, yes, you are certainly right. Part of the reason I appreciated this short article so much was that Schmemann really made clear how much of the church’s faith rests upon a real encounter with God, an encounter that one must wrestle with intellectually but which is also profoundly affective, profoundly a matter of experience. For we who so enjoy the life of the intellect, it can be much more difficult to nourish and treasure this affective part of faith—despite the fact that this part is very much required to make our own existence into a true epiphany of God’s saving acts. And I take it that a crucial bit of Schmemann’s argument here is that without the constant experience of the liturgy, theology will never really keep hold of human existence.

]]> By: erinkidd http://bdhamilton.com/articles/the-experience-of-faith#comment-3096 erinkidd Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:39:04 +0000 http://bdhamilton.com/articles/the-experience-of-faith#comment-3096 This is a truth I wish I knew deeply, that is, I wish I could say I held these epiphanies as the Church is said to above, rather than knowing them speculatively. It is easier to study theology than it is to insert one's self in the narrative of the Church. I guess this is something that is done *through* the Church, which is my first problem. :) This is a truth I wish I knew deeply, that is, I wish I could say I held these epiphanies as the Church is said to above, rather than knowing them speculatively. It is easier to study theology than it is to insert one’s self in the narrative of the Church.

I guess this is something that is done through the Church, which is my first problem. :)

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