Review of Propositional and non-propositional revelation in Christian theology

The phenomenon of revelation and its explanation is one of the most important topics in the field of divine religions. The mysterious and supernatural nature of this phenomenon has led to various approaches being proposed by religious scholars. In Christian theology, there are two general approaches to explaining revelation: propositional and non-propositional. According to the first approach, the revelation includes the awareness that is manifested in the form of terms and propositions, while in the second approach revelation is not a kind of proposition but means disclosure. This paper aims to investigate, analyze and criticize both approaches in order to determine their defects and deficiencies. The reduction of revelation to the status of mere proposition in the propositional approach, disregarding the principles of anthropology and ontology, reduction of revelation to the low level of human experience in non-prepositional approach and neglecting linguistics in the realm of the religionlanguage are among the most important defects of Christian theology in explaining the phenomenon of revelation.