Hügel's The Mystical Element of Religion features a critical but largely appreciative philosophy of mysticism. The author's «three elements of religion» are his most enduring contribution to theological thinking. The human soul, the movements of western civilization, and the phenomena of religion itself he characterized by these three elements: the historical/institutional element, the intellectual/speculative element, and the mystical/experiential element. This typology provided for...
Hügel's The Mystical Element of Religion features a critical but largely appreciative philosophy of mysticism. The author's «three elements of religion» are his most enduring contribution to theological thinking. The human soul, the movements of western civilization, and the phenomena of religion itself he characterized by these three elements: the historical/institutional element, the intellectual/speculative element, and the mystical/experiential element. This typology provided for...
