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No Thing Refers to Nothing. On Showing the False [PDF]

KOME: An International Journal of Pure Communication Inquiry, 2015
This discussion tries to explicate some epistemological problems in connection with negation and the so-called godelian sentences. The paper examines some methods of generating negative formulas from positive bases, an proposes alternative methods ...
Marton Demeter
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Participatory eschatology: A challenge for dualistic and non-dualistic thinking

Verbum et Ecclesia, 2020
In the modern era, much optimism, other than biblical hope, dominates both secular and religious consciousness. Whilst critics scorn the apocalyptic hope of the Bible as an indication of ignorance and fear, the dualistic mind does not possess an ...
Danie J. Dreyer
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Apophasis, Abnegation, and Liturgy

Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne, 2022
Apophatic theology is normally housed in the epistemological wing of the academy, and is treated as a via negativa that negates the assertion just made. This apophaticism feels like a wave that washes away every cataphatic sand castle we build.
David W. Fagerberg
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What Would ‘Indianness’ of New Testament Theology Mean? Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on Anthony De Mello, ‘Via Negativa’ and beyond the Accepted Routes in Catholic Theology

Religions, 2022
This article focuses on one specific theological controversy, which pertains to the kataphatic—apophatic debates as a framework for New Testament theology.
Martin Fárek
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Liturgy and Apophaticism

Religions, 2021
The Orthodox liturgy is a religious phenomenon that can be analyzed phenomenologically and theologically alike, given the emphasis that both phenomenology and Orthodox theology place on experience.
Nicolae Turcan
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Landscapes of transcendence: The aniconic sacrality of mountain geographies [PDF]

Methexis
This study presents a philosophical and theoretical overview of the process by which “geography and spiritual growth converge” in the construction of sacrality and experience of transcendence in the aniconic mountain sacredscapes of the world ...
Sanjeeva Guneratne, Rmku Rajapaksha, Faiz Mmt Marikar   +2 more
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Elements of Apophatic Theology in the Writings of Elizabeth of the Trinity

Verbum Vitae, 2023
The article is a theological and spiritual reflection on the spiritual doctrine of the French mystic St. Elizabeth of the Trinity OCD (Élisabeth Catez), who lived from 1880 to 1906. The present study seeks to explain the reason why apart from cataphatic
Jan Miczyński
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Le sacrifice du langage dans « The Woman Who Rode Away » de D. H. Lawrence

Études Britanniques Contemporaines, 2012
D. H. Lawrence chose the phoenix which rises from its ashes to symbolize his creed that destruction is a necessary prelude to renewal. He set this renewal on a cosmic scale, Man having to redefine himself in relation to lost primeval connections.
Shirley Bricout
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Does God Think the Same Way We Do? On the Logical Apophatism of Michał Heller

Verbum Vitae, 2023
Apophatic theology is an approach in theology that emphasizes the limitation of human language and concepts in describing the nature of the Divine. Rooted in ancient religious traditions, apophatic theology has gained attention in contemporary discourse
Wojciech Grygiel
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Kazimir Malevich’s Negative Theology and Mystical Suprematism

Religions, 2021
This article examines Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist art in the context of negative (apophatic) theology, as a crucial tool in analyzing both the artist’s theoretical conclusions and his new visual optics.
Irina Sakhno
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