God in Experience () von Hugh Ross Mackintosh

The question of God in experience is, according to Hugh Ross Mackintosh, a question of whether and how God self-manifests to some humans in their experience, perhaps in conscience. Does God self-authenticate or self-evidence God's reality to some humans, in their experience? This book contains sixteen of Mackintosh's essays and two of his sermons that address this question. Mackintosh describes God as an intentional agent with goal-directed causal powers--not just an idea, a principle, or a law. He thus holds that God is an active personal agent capable of interpersonal communion with humans. Mackintosh pays careful attention to the experience of being forgiven and redeemed by God. God in experience, then, is God in moral experience. Mackintosh invites his readers to consider whether their experience includes an experienced moral challenge, an encounter with a God who seeks our redemption.

Hugh Ross Mackintosh (1870-1936) was a notable Scottish minister and theologian who studied under Martin Kähler and Wilhelm Herrmann. Mackintosh had John Baillie and Thomas F. Torrance among his own students. He authored several important books, includingThe Doctrine of the Person of Jesus Christ andTypes of Modern Theology: Schleiermacher to Barth.



Paul K. Moser is Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author ofThe God Relationship(2017),The Severity of God(2013),The Evidence for God(2010), andThe Elusive God(2008). He is editor ofJesus and Philosophy(2009), among other collections. He has published a number of articles and chapters on religious epistemology, in such journals asReligious Studiesand TheExpository Times.



Benjamin Nasmith is a recent graduate of Briercrest Seminary.