Events
GRAND HAVEN: Feeling Which Remains Where Concept Fails, Rev. Richard Rhem
Date and Time
Sunday, April 19, 2015 4:00 PM - 1:00 AM
Description
First Presbyterian Church announces the next free event in its Community Speaker Series: Lecture by Rev. Richard Rhem, Sunday, April 19 at 4:00 pm : “The Feeling Which Remains Where the Concept Fails”
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The First Presbyterian Church of Grand Haven announces the next event in its Community Speaker Series, a lecture by Reverend Richard Rhem on Sunday, April 19 at 4:00 pm, at the church.
Reverend Rhem’s lecture is entitled “The Feeling Which Remains Where the Concept Fails.” The title comes from the eminent German religious scholar and theologian, Ruldolf Otto[1869-1937] in his classic, The Idea of the Holy. He developed the idea of the "numinous" to express the reality of the sacred mystery as the essence of religious experience.
While protestant orthodoxy of the enlightenment period was stressing the rational legitimacy of its dogmatic teaching, Otto pointed to religious experience as beyond rational categories, or, as his statement affirms, "the feeling which remains where the concept fails." Not only in religion but in the larger cultural scene we can see the danger and delusion of dogmatic thinking in our sociological and political discussions as we seek to find our way to a world marked by compassion, grace and peace.
Richard Rhem is an ordained minister and pastor emeritus of the former Christ Community Church in Spring Lake, Michigan, which he served for 37 years. He graduated from Hope College (B.A.) and Western Theological Seminary (B.D. & M.Th) in Holland, Michigan. He continued his studies with Prof. Hendrikus Berkhof at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, where he received a Doctorandus degree, and did post-doctoral studies with Professor Hans Küng at the University of Michigan.
This lecture, which begins at 4:00 pm on Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the church, is free and open to the public. First Presbyterian Church is located at 508 Franklin Avenue in Grand Haven, MI. A freewill offering to support the Community Speaker Series will be taken. A reception will be held afterward in the church lounge.
Information
For more information, please visit: http://www.fpgh.org
Contact
Maryanne Beery, Director of Music and Fine Arts, First Presbyterian Church 616-842-6760