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The Phenomenon of Religion - Pagan and Biblical Religion (Paperback, New)
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The Phenomenon of Religion proposes a new way of seeing the
bifurcation (a division into two parts or branches) within the
religious phenomenon of pagan and biblical religions. In contrast
to seeing the bifurcation as monotheism and polytheism, Dr. Manfred
Vogel argues for viewing the separation in terms of the "Buberian
bifurcation" that divides the It-dimension and the Thou-dimension.
The "It-dimension meaning: entities constituting themselves in
terms of physical nature, i.e. entities that ultimately ground
themselves in a dimension-of-power exemplified by many of their
characterizations. The "Thou-dimension" meaning: entities
constituting themselves in terms of personhood, i.e. to entities
that ultimately ground themselves in the dimension of
consciousness. On the basis of a fundamental division in religions,
this work presents the case that in contrast to pagan religion,
which grounds itself exclusively within the dimension of power,
biblical religion grounds itself within the dimension of
consciousness-instead of having a God as a power, it gives us God
as a person. This revolutionary innovation raises some serious
difficulties by biblical religion retaining its hold within the
dimension of power. The book proceeds to analyze in detail this
problematic innovation and indeed to show that the various
expressions constituting biblical religion-Halachic Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam-distinguish themselves from each other by
varying degrees by which they divide their grounding between power
and consciousness. Dr. Vogel's conclusion on the phenomenon of
religion concerns secular modernity and its influence over the
history and future of religion, particularly Halachic Judaism's
emancipation under the "enlightenment" of modernity.
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