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Spiritual Practices and the Language Problem
Консультативная психология и психотерапия, 2016 In this article a new approach to the interpretation of religious-mystical experience, which bases on a notion of “mystical practice” as specific underclass of spiritual practices, is being tried out. An analysis of anthropological concepts, in which the
Vasilyev P.S.
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Explaining the Esoteric Imagination
Aries, 2017 The imagination is central to esoteric practices, but so far scholars have shown little interest in exploring cognitive theories of how the imagination works.
Asprem, Egil,, Egil Asprem, Asprem, Egil
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Esoteric Potentiality in Creating and Viewing Angel-themed Photographs
Approaching ReligionThis article explores esoteric potentiality—the perceived possibility of accessing the otherworldly—through a hermeneutic framework that integrates artist intent, the photographic image and audience reception.
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"The Myth of the Cave" in the Space and Time of the Exegetical Midrash [PDF]
HypothekaiThe article explores the interpretation of Plato’s Myth of the Cave within the context of the Jewish religious tradition. The author analyzes this philosophical text—one of the key constants of European cultural tradition for over two millennia—through ...
Alexander G. BERMUS
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A “Green” Kataphatic Theology: The Ecospirit of Springbank Retreat Center in Kingstree, South Carolina [PDF]
, 2014 This paper explores the emerging “green” theology of Springbank Retreat Center, located in Kingstree, S.C. (www.springbankretreat.org). Springbank labels itself as a “Center for EcoSpirituality and the Arts,” and is a 5,000 acre Christian Center-Dominican Retreat House staffed by Dominican Sisters, whose mission is “to live simply, to create beauty, to
LeVasseur, Todd
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Burrell's Critical Thomism: Aquinas and Kant Revisited
Modern Theology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 347-372, April 2024.Abstract David Burrell's version of Aquinas was written with Kantian parallels in mind. This is the accusation of John Milbank that was questioned by Nicholas Lash and Paul DeHart in a series of articles. ‘Burrell's Critical Thomism’ shows beyond doubt that Milbank's claim is correct: Burrell cites Kant throughout his oeuvre and finds parallels between
Jack E. V. Norman
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Apophatic triadology and kataphatic synergy in the Theology of Basil the Great
, 2018 The article discusses the problem of the ontological distinction between God’s transcendence and immanence in the theological thought of Basil the Great, a Church Father of the IV century.
Zhukovskyy, Viktor
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Apofatische en katafatische theologie bij Thomas van Aquino
, 2018 In 20th century scholarship there is a strong tendency to read Aquinas’s theology along neo-Platonic lines, i.e., as instantiating the model of an ascent of the human soul from the insignificant world of the finite and perishable objects of perception ...
Tegtmeyer, Henning
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, 2020 The Vias Negativa and Positiva are evident in Jewish Scripture and Philo, but they also come across dialectically in the Fourth Gospel.1 Indeed, connections between these writings and the Fourth Gospel abound, as Peder Borgen and others have shown over ...
Anderson, Paul N.
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P-09 Imagery, Prayer, and Mind Wandering: Kataphatic Prayer
, 2015 Mind wandering—reduced attention to external events—during prayer could pose a problem for Christians. However, different types of prayer make different cognitive demands.
Duah, Martha M. O.
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