Thinking Christianly #21: A Case Study in Thinking Christianly and Making a Difference: Edmund Husserl
May 15, 2023
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Phenomenology Centers First‑Person Experience
- Phenomenology studies lived first-person experience as a corrective to Enlightenment mind/body separation.
- Edmund Husserl pioneered this approach and profoundly reshaped 20th-century philosophy.
Friendship That Shaped Husserl's Faith
- Husserl befriended Tomás Masaryk, a Christian student, who walked with him during illness and shaped his life.
- Masaryk later became Czechoslovakia's founding president and influenced Husserl's conversion to Christianity.
Find Christians Who Think Deeply
- Seek out thinking Christians and form friendships that wrestle with faith and ideas.
- Jordan Plank urges you to join communities where honest questioning and intellectual growth are normal.