He contends that religious feelings are those in which “the wholeness of human life which is always present in feeling become thematic.”[59] This affective or pre-cognitive religious experience relies upon the intellect to define and unpack its contents. However, thinking is never able to thematize completely the contents of these feelings. For this reason, feelings have always played an essential role in the Western theological tradition. He states, “The orientation of human beings to a fullness of life that transcends them and manifests itself especially in the community to their fellow
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