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Type of Experience
Obviously the type of experience that the Whiteheads use in their style of theological reflection is ministerial, but in a sense that may not be completely obvious. First of all, ministerial experience is not confined to the minister. The Whiteheads consistently draw attention to the wider circle of persons involved in any ministerial decision, and their examples typically reflect the setting of a parish or community of faith. As they emphasize in their introduction (xiii-xiv), a ministerial style of theological reflection is a corporate task.
Second, ministerial experience refers not only to the factual data of events that can be logically described and analyzed; it also refers to the extrarational data of feelings, convictions and insights
that people of faith bring to the event and that become elements of its objective data. Ministerial experiences are not impersonal cases to be analyzed: they are human phenomena calling for theological interpretation.
Third, the ministerial experiences used for theological reflection are concrete events in particular communities of faith rather than generic human experiences. It is one thing to reflect in general terms on the concept of human mortality or the dignity of the human person; it is quite another to reflect on the unexpected death of a teenager in the parish or the violation of workers' in the county. A ministerial style of theological reflection is more at home in the latter rather than the former type of experience.
Fourth, in ministerial experience there are overt easily acknowledged factors and hidden, unrecognized or suppressed factors. Sometimes the latter exert greater influence on the meaning of a given ministerial experience than the former. One of the benefits of doing theological reflection in a group rather than privately is that these hidden dimensions are more likely to be uncovered. For the same reason a detailed. Comprehensive account of the experience is necessary for engaging the whole experience, not just the parts that are pleasant and agreeable.
Finally, not just any ministerial experience is selected for theological reflection. The specific type of ministerial expenence that the Whiteheads have in mind is an urgent concern or pressing issue, something more, therefore, than business as usual or the routine fulfillment of pastoral duties. Preferably such an experience is shared by the faith by community as a whole, or at least by a significant portion of it.
What makes these ministerial experiences theological? They are theological because they are "the activities of believing people [sic]. people formed within and by a particular religious heritage .” People who are aready part of the faith tradition bring their experiences, ideas. beliefs, feelings and preferences to the situation. Theological meaning is imbedded in ministerial events, not because a minister is involved but because people of faith are involved, and their experience of the faith helps constitute the nature of the ministerial experience it self. each ministerial event is a microcosm of the whole faith tradition; it is to partial and particular to be sure, but real and inviting nonetheless. It is that invitation which is key an opportunity to enter the tradition more fully from the perspective of this ministerial experienceand to enlighten and enrich this experience with the resources of the tradition. This perspective also explains the connection between ministerial experience and theology.
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