Keywords
Hans Nielsen Hauge
Emotions
Thomas Ball Barratt
Pentecostal systematic theology
Somatic marker hypothesis
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to give a constructive proposal on how to understand the role of Christian affections in theological reflection and work with systematic theology. Recent decades have seen an increased interest within different academic disciplines, including theology, in the topics of emotions, feelings, and affections, and their significance for human rationality. In a Norwegian theological context, the question of the significance of Christian affections is accentuated by the 250th anniversary of the revivalist and social reformer Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771-1824). Within Pentecostal theology, a consensus has emerged that Christian affections are necessary for right doctrine and right practice to be sustained coherently. However, more work is needed to spell out their relationship in detail. In the first part of the article, I will present a theological understanding of Christian affections, based on the work of Steven Land and Simeon Zahl, exemplified and illuminated by the historical testimonies of Hans Nielsen Hauge and Thomas Ball Barratt. In the second part, I will give my constructive proposal, employing Antonio Damasio’s somatic marker hypothesis to explain how Christian affections and their positive significance for theological reflection can be understood, in that the bodily conditioned emotional markings of mental images function more properly, which enables the theologian to make more rational choices in his or her theological work.
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