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This 5 page paper looks at Christianity but takes a phenomenological view. Phenomenology is defined and explored. The phenomenological view is compared and contrasted with a historical view. Various parts of scripture are analyzed such as the virgin birth and the Bethlehem Star. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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historical and practical, there are other ways of looking at Christianity. An important philosophical movement for example, that began in the twentieth century, is called phenomenology (Honderich, 1995). Phenomenology was
a movement founded by Edmund Husserl and was originally a theory of knowledge but later on, developed into a form of idealism (1995). It distinguishes between perceptual properties and abstract
properties (1995). Phenomenological ways of thinking may be applied to Fishers work and what will be obvious is that the aims of phenomenology and history are not
identical. Phenomenology is analytical and scientific. It is bent on recording what is possible and viewed, but history is merely concerned with what occurs. With a variety of witnesses
the discipline of history accepts facts. For example, in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, there are varying accounts of the birth of Jesus and the resurrection. Within the four tales,
there are some differences, but the similarities are remarkable. In reading the gospels along with known historical information one can create a serious informative account of what probably occurred. Of
course, the event happened so long ago, and there are conflicting details. Still, there is enough data to conclude that a baby was born on a certain night that many
glean as magical or mystical and it is presumed that this boy grows up to become the Savior of the world. Yet, while history can record these things, and contend
that there was a man named Jesus according to all biblical accounts, in addition to other historical remnants, it cannot truly prove that Jesus rose from the dead nor that
he is the son of God. History cannot explain the phenomenon. It can explain the peoples perceptions of what they thought they saw, but historical accounts provide only circumstantial
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