Those theologians who treat faith simply as a transcendental experience of God, taking place in the inwardness of the human spirit, then to minimize the historical element in the Christian religion and to overlook the crucial role of mediation, through the living community of faith. ... In short, we may say that the chief criterion for a viable religious faith is its ability, or apparent ability, to satisfy those hungers for the human spirit which cannot be satisfied apart from faith. ...

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