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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 Türcan
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A Negative Way: Dionysian Apophaticism and the Experiential
ReligionsThe 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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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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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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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. The study will show that Kant’s Transcendental Unity contains a thoroughly anti-theological premise. This is namely that our own ‘I think’ grounds the distinction between
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The Philosophyology and the SciencesMany of the contributors to the »After Science and Religion« project suggest that the methodological naturalism of scientific practice inevitably entails metaphysical naturalism. Ironically, these authors agree with Christian physicalists, members of the science +amp; religion field, who maintain that the successes of neuroscience render the soul ...
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Absolute Discourse of Theology
Diakrisis, 2022 This article first defines the absolute discourse, then discusses its possibility in theology, as well as the relationships between language, thought, and reality as they derive from the spirituality and life of the Eastern Church.
Nicolae Turcan
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Embracing the Unknowable: Paradigm of Ineffability
Religions, 2023 Ineffability is a long-time partner of the philosophy of religion and mysticism. Through apophatic conceptions of the divine, it can act to guarantee the transcendence of the divine, elevate it to something beyond our conceptions.
Antti Piilola
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