Scheliermarcher

Question 1

Religious experience as foundation

Answer 1

religion is primarily rooted in individual religious experience rather than in-doctrine

this experience of the divine is a feeling of absolute dependence, a sense of being connected something greater than one self

Question 2

God as absolute unity

Answer 2

viewed god as the absolute or the ultimate unity that unites everything in the universe

Question 3

Religious consciousness

Answer 3

the essence of religion lies in the person’s consciousness or awareness of the infinite

the consciousness manifests in feelings rather than in rational thought, and it is what distinguishes religious experience from other human experiences