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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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A Positive Side to Apophaticism: Prolegomena

Verbum Vitae, 2023
The article synthetically presents positive aspects of apophaticism. It discusses its apologetic role, its importance in defending against magical thinking, its focus on experience, its openness to pluralism, and its inspirational role for a variety of ...
Marek Gilski
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Christian Apophaticism in Jean-Luc Marion’s Early Works

Verbum Vitae, 2023
In this article, I investigate Jean-Luc Marion’s early interpretation of Christian apophaticism with special reference to his reading of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. I observe that the most remarkable, but rarely noted, aspect of this interpretation
Johannes Zachhuber
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Patristic Apophaticism and the House of Being

Diakrisis, 2022
This essay proposes a brief reflection on language, considering Patristic apophaticism, as seen in the works of the Cappadocian Fathers, Dionysius and Maximus the Confessor.
Marius Portaru
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The Source Antinomy of the Mystery of the Trinity as the Foundation and Hermeneutical Key of Christian Apophaticism in the View of Vladimir N. Lossky

Verbum Vitae, 2023
For some time now, there has been a definite revival of interest in apophatic theology within religious thinking as well as at its antipodes. It often takes the form of criticism of religion, including Christian Revelation, and thus the theology based ...
Michał Płóciennik
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Apophaticism, Mysticism, and Epoptics in Ancient and Patristic Philosophy: Some Important Examples

Verbum Vitae, 2023
This article investigates mystic apophaticism in a set of Greek Patristic theologians, profoundly informed by philosophy, especially imperial Platonism: Clement, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Pseudo-Dionysius.
Ilaria Ramelli
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Worship, Apophaticism, and Non-Propositional Knowledge

Journal of Analytic Theology, 2022
This paper addresses the alleged tension between the kind of strong apophaticism endorsed by Maimonides and his view of worshiping God. After considering some extant resolutions to this problem, I offer a proposal that utilizes the role of silence and ...
Eric Yang
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What is Apophaticism? Ways of Talking About an Ineffable God [PDF]

, 2017
Apophaticism -- the view that God is both indescribable and inconceivable -- is one of the great medieval traditions of philosophical thought about God, but it is largely overlooked by analytic philosophers of religion.
S. Michael, Citron Gabriel
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A Negative Way: Dionysian Apophaticism and the Experiential

Religions
The experiential bias in modern understandings of spirituality has led to readings of the pre-modern texts of Pseudo-Dionysius as referring to “negative experiences” of faith. Denys Turner, Bernard McGinn, and others have outlined the mistaken “spiritual
Maria Exall
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The Transcendental Unity of Apperception and Christian Apophaticism

Irish Theological Quarterly, 2022
This study provides an original theological interpretation of Immanuel Kant’s (1724–1804) Transcendental Unity of Apperception in light of Nicholas of Cusa’s (1401–1464) apophaticism.
H. Moore
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