RT Article
T1 The Sacrament of Revelation: Toward a Hermeneutics of Nuptial Encounter
JF Religions
VO 10
IS 9
A1 White, Lauren Smelser
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1688003231
AB This article addresses the notion of sacramentality in relation to revelation, framing revelation as a divine-human discursive encounter facilitated through semantic media. In doing so, it suggests disciplines for theological reflection that would preserve the import of human submission to the Holy Spirit's guidance in interpreting God's Word while also envisioning a positive place for subjective construction along that Spirit-led way. The article locates the basic tenets of such a methodological paradigm in the works of Sarah Coakley, Louis-Marie Chauvet, and Rowan Williams. Coakley's work provides the groundwork for a vision of ecstatic encounter with God as integral to the Spirit-led process of revelation. Next, engagement with Chauvet establishes how mediated revelation may be conceived as a sacramental and dialogical reality, which fundamentally evokes and includes human self-expression. The article closes by drawing upon Williams' theological reflection on sexuality as a resource for embracing subjective construction, as integral to our Spirit-guided, "nuptial" incorporation into the life of Christ. The results afforded by this analysis warrant spiritual-hermeneutic commitments from communities who desire to cooperate with the Holy Spirit in acts of theological interpretation.
K1 Holy Spirit
K1 Pneumatology
K1 ekstasis
K1 Hermeneutics
K1 Revelation
K1 Sacrament
K1 Spirituality
K1 Symbol
DO 10.3390/rel10090495