Rachel George Chapter 8 page 119 Phenomenology of prayer

 Chapter 8 page 119

Phenomenology of prayer 

This chapter pertains explicitly to Martin Heidegger's interpretation of phenomenology. 

Life is already meaningful.

History is not to be taken as fact but as a rich depository for meaningful experiences.

I found this very interesting because the human experience consists of one attempting to find meaning from the people and places surrounding them.

A belief system is a way someone interprets the world. The term belief is controversial because it implies faith-based thinking versus how one conceptualizes reality. If it's genuinely one's reality, they don't question like one might faith.

In my African study, we discussed how Witchcraft, for example, is how many rural South African interpret the unexplainable n the world, such as mental illness and natural disasters.

It's a way to understand what might not make logical sense.


Martin Heidegger argues that life is not just data being stored to download meaning, but life has meaning from shared experiences passed down to construct the world around us.

The example is given: Christianity exists through shared understanding and vital expression

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