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Bimpersonalism (the dogmatic rejection of any transformation to be adequately understood dogmatic rejection of any truth-claim based onpositivism (a species of impersonalism, the dogthat cannot be tested scientifically) (pp. 101-2). Ttical experience to be at least rationally respectaThe third section outlines a mystical ethics, critique of religious ethics. Evans argues thagrounded in a mystical humanism that establishhas been criticized for sanctioning the withd
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408 Dialoguement in his life, maybe the claim is really true. Thcannot be dismissed a priori. Evans is at his besa live one.2. The Critical ReadingWhile the sympathetic reading can be centred arto be a mystic, and still be considered rational?"Is it possible to not be a mystic, and be considereAt times, the answer seems to be no.I am quite convinced that Evans is a mystic, an
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BEvan's answer is that both are. Whether this is ting to engage him at more than an academic leNotes
This criticism is outlined and addressed by (Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Pfor Studies in Religion, 1983).BRUCE JANZ Augustana University College
