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Apophatism and Cataphatism in Protestantism

Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2006
The author of the paper shows the essential superiority of the apophatic way of knowing God over the cataphatic way in Christian theology. Protestantism, which frequently (and often deservedly) is accused of excessive rationalism, has actually remained ...
Constantine PROKHOROV
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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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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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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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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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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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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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apophatic visuality

Veritas (Porto Alegre), 2022
This paper is about the specific character of the aesthetic experience of icons. I am arguing for the idea that the aesthetic experience of icons is a necessary condition of their role and function in Christian worship, and, moreover, that this particular aesthetic experience is of an apophatic kind.
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