Theology

Mysterium Tremendum

essence of being (fear/awe)

Description of MT

ineffable, describe it in terms of our personal experience and raitonalize it

Sacred space

point of connection with the MT/Encounter

Profane space

a common indistinct place

issues with describing mt

make it small or less

what makes something sacred

anything that points to or manifests the MT

The profane

the everyday, the mundane, the secular

Hierophany

a revelation of the sacred

Hierophanical paradox

the unlimited must limit itself to manifest itself

Sacred objects, what do they say

there is a greater reality/MT is present

Sacred objects/what do they do

serves as a reminder of this reality within context of profane

Holy space

space of individual, maybe secular significance to individual

Threshold

a transition space from the profane to sacred

Axis Mundi

a fixed, central point to a believer

how do religious spaces function

serves as place of encounter

profane time (chronos)

linear time, orinary time

Sacred time (kairos)

circular, sacred time/being

Ganz andere

totally other

myth

relates truth and meaning of reality to specific people