Fritz Staal for the contemporary Christian ... book recommendations wanted.

MJ. Smith
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When I was in college, Fritz Staal published https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Mysticism-Methodological-Frits-Staal/dp/0520027264/ref%3Dsr_1_1? which was ground breaking in terms of how to study religion where you yourself is the only available test subject. Last night a Logos book request on Heiser's methodology (The Unseemly Realm: A Critical Analysis of the Writings of Michael S. Heiser — Logos Community) led me to Objectivity in Biblical Interpretation: Howe Ph.D., Thomas A.: 9781514149201: Amazon.com: Books (now on order) which brought me back to Staal's book. Do you know of any recent books on the study of the Christian experience/desired experience?

Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

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  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 14,579 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 27

    What a coincidence … I too was wandering thru Howe's books. But to the actual question (Staal), I don't.

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

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