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Eros in the first century’s Christian theology [PDF]
, 2015 For among most contemporaries, the concept of Eros seems to have nothing to do with Christianity. Sifting through the psychoanalysis of sexual fantasy, theologically it says nothing.
Marica, Adrian Mircea
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German Life and Letters, Volume 74, Issue 2, Page 183-202, April 2021., 2021 ABSTRACT This article contends that the image is a central trope in Paul Celan's poetry. It suggests that Celan's rejection of metaphor and his opposition to readings of his poetry as mere imagery constitute only one side of his understanding of the image.
Julian Johannes Immanuel Koch
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Normative Political Theology as Intensified Critique [PDF]
, 2018 Some theorists are suspicious of normative political theology because they believe it undermines critical rationality. In my view, these theorists neglect theological traditions that resist dogmatism through intensified critique.
Newheiser, David
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Elements of Apophatic Theology in the Writings of Elizabeth of the Trinity
Verbum Vitae, 2023 The article is a theological and spiritual reflection on the spiritual doctrine of the French mystic St. Elizabeth of the Trinity OCD (Élisabeth Catez), who lived from 1880 to 1906. The present study seeks to explain the reason why apart from cataphatic
Jan Miczyński
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Augustine’s Paradigm ’ab exterioribus ad interiora, ab inferioribus ad superiora’ in the Western and Eastern Christian Mysticism [PDF]
, 2015 I argue that St. Augustine of Hippo was the first in the history of Christian spirituality who expressed a key tendency of Christian mysticism, which implies a gradual intellectual ascent of the human soul to God, consisting of the three main stages ...
Alexey, Fokin
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Kehampaan (Nothingness): Sebuah Jalan Interspiritualitas
Gema Teologika, 2021 This article discusses a concept of nothingness from two perspectives: west and east. The western perspective is represented by Dionysius the Areopagite and Meister Eckhart, and the eastern perspective is represented by Ibn ‘Arabi, Sankara, and Nitisani ...
Stefanus Christian Haryono
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Thinking with Origen Today: Hermeneutical Challenges and Future Directions
, 2022 Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 191-203, April 2022.
Pui Him Ip
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Sex, gender and Christian identity in the patristic era [PDF]
Filozofija i Društvo, 2021 Focusing on three historical examples of a different understanding of Christian identity, the paper seeks to address the role of contemporary concepts of sex and gender in the creation of Christian identity.
Cvetković Vladimir
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The Divine Liturgy as Mystical Experience [PDF]
, 2015 Most characterizations of mystical experience emphasize its private, esoteric, and non-sensory nature. Such an understanding is far removed from the original meaning of the term mystikos.
Bradshaw, David
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An Exploration of Hierarchy as Fractal in the Theology of Dionysios the Areopagite [PDF]
, 2010 Eric Perl, in his provocatively titled book, Theophany: The Neo-Platonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite, argues not only that Dionysios’ thought is thoroughly Neo-Platonic and fully compatible with Christianity, but that “the Dionysian doctrine ...
Williams, Georgia J.
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