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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 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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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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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.
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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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Apophatic and Anthropomorphic Visions of God in Philo of Alexandria
Verbum Vitae, 2023 Despite his core theological convictions that God is incorporeal, formless, invisible, and unchangeable, in some of his most carefully crafted visio Dei texts Philo portrays God “changing shape” and temporarily adopting a human form.
Scott D. Mackie
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Verbum Vitae, 2023 This article examines Philo’s philosophical interpretation of the three theophanies in Exodus, which would, centuries later, continue to be considered by the great thinkers responsible for developing negative theology, such as Gregory of Nyssa and ...
Damian Mrugalski
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How Negative Is the Theology of Dionysius the Areopagite?
Verbum Vitae, 2023 This paper considers three recent studies on the negative theology of the Neoplatonists and Dionysius the Areopagite. The first is that of Lloyd Gerson, who argues that the One in Plotinus does not lack transcend existence but only definite existence ...
Mark Edwards
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