Sensing and Longing for God in Andrey Zvyagintsev’s The Return and Leviathan
Religions, 2016 This article explores apophatic ways of presenting God (the Other) in two films of Andrey Zvyagintsev. The lens for this analysis is the phenomenological theology of John Panteleimon Manoussakis, using the following concepts: (1) God as personal Other ...
Denys Kondyuk
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\u27Yes!\u27 and \u27thou\u27 in Dag Hammarskjold\u27s Markings : A theological investigation [PDF]
, 2016 Hammarskjöld’s Markings combines the spiritual, theological and ethical. This article engages with the journal in four stages. First, it briefly introduces the text (context, translation and overall purpose). Second, I explore Hammarskjöld’s faith guided
Ryan, T
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Review Symposium: Studying 'On Study' [PDF]
, 2017 Reviews of Tyson Lewis's book "On Study.
David Backer
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Human Attention as a Philosophical Problem: The Question, and the Nature of Questions
Metaphilosophy, Volume 57, Issue 1-2, Page 3-22, January 2026.Abstract Human attention has become a touchstone of widespread concern across the humanities, sciences, and broader culture in much of the world. The emergence of a new, heavily capitalized, and technologically sophisticated industry “commodifying” human attention (what has been called “human fracking”) has given rise to a transdisciplinary ...
D. Graham Burnett
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Badiou and the Reconstruction of the Concept of God
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 187-209, January 2026.Abstract In this article I first summarize Badiou’s and Žižek’s critique of the concept of God, which I and other interpreters conceive as a radicalization of the theology of the death of God. I then pose the question of how to formulate a positive conception of God after the death of God that would overcome the limits of negative or apophatic theology.
Michael Hauser
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The Apophatic Theology and the Sacred in the Poetry of Dmitrij Prigov
Studi SlavisticiThe article considers the poetic production of Dmitrij Prigov, one of the most prominent representatives of Moscow Conceptualism, and focuses on the references that can be found in Prigov’s works to the apophatic or negative theology of Pseudo-Dionysius
Alice Bravin
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Metaphor and Apophatic Discourse: Putting Sells in Dialogue with Lakoff and Johnson [PDF]
, 2012 In the book, Mystical Languages of Unsaying, Michael A. Sells presents a performative theory of apophatic discourse. His idea is that apophatic discourse functions as a semantic analogue to mystical experience through \"meaning events.\" Although he ...
Carroll, Thomas D.
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What an Apophaticist Can Know : Divine Ineffability and the Beatific Vision [PDF]
, 2017 The doctrines of divine ineffability and of the beatific vision seem to contradict each other. According to the former, we cannot know the divine essence. But, according to the latter, we will know God fully.
Efird, David, Worsley, David Andrew
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In the Beginning was the Work: Donald MacKinnon’s Metaphysics after Lenin
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 210-236, January 2026.Abstract Donald MacKinnon expressed a distinctly realist and actualist metaphysic. One aspect of his metaphysics that is less frequently commented upon, however, is his reception of Vladimir Lenin. While not an unqualified admirer of Bolshevism, it is readily apparent that MacKinnon incorporated elements of Lenin’s philosophy and theories regarding ...
Khegan M. Delport, Dritëro Demjaha
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“Many Know Much but Do Not Know Themselves”: Self-Knowledge, Humility, and Perfection in the Medieval Affective Contemplative Tradition [PDF]
, 2018 Today, philosophers interested in self-knowledge usually look to the scholastic tradition, where the topic is addressed in a systematic and familiar way.
Van Dyke, Christina
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