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APOPHATIC THEOLOGY: PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS AND THOMAS AQUINAS
Dionysius’s apophatic theology developed the basic tenets necessary for a deeper focus on God in Christian theology. The confusion it caused in Christian theology was powerfully presented through the investigations presented by the Neo-platonic philosophers.
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Abstract In this essay I contend that, whatever one might say about F.W.J. Schelling's historical and conceptual influence on Paul Tillich's doctrines, the overall style of Tillich's project can helpfully be dubbed Schellingian to the extent it mixes together discourses, genres, and vocabularies into an ever‐expanding whole. To the extent that anything
Daniel Whistler
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Book Symposium on Gregory of Nyssa's On the Human Image of God: An Appreciation of Responses
Abstract In response to the review essays by Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Gabrielle Thomas, Paul Blowers and Martin Laird, this essay by John Behr addresses questions raised about translation methods and the complexities of understanding Gregory's rhetorical style as integral to his mode of writing theology.
John Behr
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Book Symposium Introduction: John Behr, Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God
Abstract This article introduces a series of response essays to John Behr's Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God, which includes contributions from Rowan Williams, Morwenna Ludlow, Paul Blowers, Gabrielle Thomas and Martin Laird – with a final response from John Behr.
Thomas Breedlove, Alex Fogleman
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Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky
ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
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This article examines how emerging generative AI technologies in Europe and North America are being used to reanimate the dead, prompting users to define the ‘edges’ of self and personhood through coding practices. These technologies invite new engagements with fundamental questions of relatedness and the construction of the self, challenging and ...
Jennifer Cearns
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The Construction of Negative Theology in Pesantren and Madrasa in Malang, East Java
This article discusses the metaphysical construction of divinity in the Indonesian Islamic education institutions, namely madrasa and pesantren. The research has been held in Malang, East Java.
Mustari Bosra, Umiarso Umiarso
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Apophatic discourse and the deconstruction of language: A study of Derridean topology [PDF]
This study examines the complex link between deconstruction and negative theology, concentrating on Derridean interpretation of the apophatic tradition. Deconstruction and negative theology are sometimes seen as similar, but this research shows their key
Gorgiev Stojanović Anastasija B. +1 more
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Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 768-777, July 2026.
Eduard Sablon Leiva
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This essay examines the reception of Western mystical theology in early twentieth-century Russian religious thought, showing how leading Russian thinkers—such as Ivanov, Frank, Bulgakov, and Berdyaev—reinterpreted Meister Eckhart’s central categories ...
Francesco Vitali Rosati
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