Revelation as a Way of Knowing

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[Inserted in Margin: Revelation as a way of Knowing (Wieman)] used It is often claimed that religious knowledge is peculiarly derived from revelation. Wieman, [having?] seeds to show that revelation provides no access to truth beyond the bounds of observation, agreement of observers, and coherence. Revelation [Crossed Out: MS: illegible] in itself is not knowledge although it may be an avenue to knowledge. Revelation for Wieman is "the lifting of the creative event to a place of domination in the devotion of a continuing [Page 2] fellowship to form one enduring strand of history." (SHG, 214) This lifting to a place of domination was not done by man, but by such events as the life and teachings of Jesus, the Crucifixion; the Resurrection; the forming of thee fellowships, etc.