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Negative Theology and Desire in Spiritual Transformation According to John of the Cross
Religions, 2022 Desire is central to John of the Cross’ treatment of the mystical ascent to God. He holds that God is desire and that there is a meeting between human and divine desire in the state of union with God, which is the goal.
Edward William Howells
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Vox Patrum, 2018 In early Christian thinking negative theology was often applied for polemical purposes, as a means of asserting the Christian distinction between God and everything else.
Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch
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Negative Theology and Meaningless Suffering [PDF]
Modern Theology, 2019 AbstractThis article attempts an exploration of the limits of our capacity to weave suffering into patterns of meaning. I try to show that something like an apophatic moment in our response to some kinds of suffering is both necessary and difficult to sustain.
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Deconstruction of Derrida as an Approach to the Possibility of Religious Thought (Derrida and the Possibility of Religious Thought) [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفه, 2020 In Derrida's thought, "deconstruction" is not a "method" but an "approach" that questions the whole of metaphysical ideas and the tradition of Western philosophy from Plato to Husserl.
Ali Fathi
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Analysis of Ayatollah Javadi Amoli's view on explaining revelation from the perspective of Anthropomorphism and Disanthropomorphism [PDF]
حکمت اسراThe various conceptions of God can be grouped into three general categories: Anthropomorphism (material and spiritual), personal conception of God, and negative theology (in its three versions).
Hamed Shivapoor
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Negative Capabilities: Investigating Apophasis in AI Text-to-Image Models
Religions, 2023 Through a case study of images generated by Swedish artist Steph Maj Swanson using an AI text-to-image (T2I) model, this article explores the strategy of negative weight prompting in T2I models as a phenomenon of apophasis.
Hannah Lucas
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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Providing students with a way to honor human body donors during or after an anatomy course has been shown to help provide a sense of closure and comfort to students and, when present, donor families. Gestures of gratitude for donors can also emphasize humanistic values of respect, empathy, and professionalism.
Bobbie J. Leeper +14 more
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The Death of God as Source of the Creativity of Humans
PhilosophiesAlthough declarations of the death of God seem to be provocations announcing the end of the era of theology, this announcement is actually central to the Christian revelation in its most classic forms, as well as to its reworkings in contemporary ...
Franke William
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
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Spiritual Cannibalism in HRD: How Workplace Spirituality Devours Sacred Traditions
Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper interrogates how the discourse of workplace spirituality in human resource development (HRD) operates as a tool of colonization. Through a systematic review of 48 articles published between 1997 and March 2025, the study uncovers recurring patterns of spiritual appropriation in which non‐Western traditions are detached from their ...
Shoaib Ul‐Haq
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