951. One could argue, it seems to me . . .

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One could argue, it seems to me, that Hartshorne actually straddles the fence between radical monotheism, on the one hand, and mysticism, on the other, in the various things he has to say about faith's transcending reason.

At any rate, he sometimes talks about faith's going beyond reason because, or insofar as, it is "life-trust," and, by implication, loyalty or fidelity. At other times, however, he talks about faith's going beyond reason because, or insofar as, it is experience of the concrete that, as such, eludes rational grasp and can only be experienced or enjoyed.

17 August 2002