God in Experience - Paperback

by Hugh Ross Mackintosh (Author), Paul K. Moser (Editor), Benjamin Nasmith (Editor)

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.

Author Biography

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, including The Doctrine of the Person of Jesus Christ and Types of Modern Theology: Schleiermacher to Barth.



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



Benjamin Nasmith is a recent graduate of Briercrest Seminary.