Original scientific paper

Mysticism or experimental dogmatics – Adrienne von Speyr as a challenge and an opportunity for dogmatics

Stefanie Schwarzl ; Institute for Dogmatics, University of Graz

Abstract

The conceptual relation between mysticism and ecstasy has a long tradition in Christian religion. But the recognition of ecstatic-mystical experiences in the 20th and the 21th century seems to get difficult. Since the Enlightenment mysticism and ecstasy get more and more beyond a scientific understanding in theology. This leads to the question: Could there be a place for mysticism and ecstasy in dogmatics? We will find a possible answer in the story of the Swiss mystic Adrienne von Speyr. Together with the work of the priest and theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, Adrienne von Speyrs mysticism could be described as an experimental dogmatics. Her visions, auditions and other ecstatic phenomena brought back many old and lost contents in theology. But her working relationship with Hans Urs von Balthasar raises even today a lot of questions.

Keywords

ecstasy; mysticism; Adrienne von Speyr; Hans Urs von Balthasar

Hrčak ID:

134453

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/134453

Publication date:

8.2.2015.

Article data in other languages: german

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