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Religions, 2019 The literary framework of Solomon Ibn Gabirol’s Fons Vitae is a conversation between a master and a disciple. In this article, the nature of the disciple’s questions will be analyzed in order to explain the advantages of the dialogical ...
Aviram Ravitsky
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Theologies of Mind: Eriugena and Pratyabhijñā Śaivism
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Though Eriugena's affinities with several Hindu traditions are clear, this article offers to my knowledge the first detailed discussion of Eriugena's theology in relation to any Indic theological school, here, the nondualist Śaiva tradition known as the Pratyabhijñā (“Recognition”) lineage.
Matthew Z. Vale
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Nature's Complexity Alive: Farewell to Several Unificatory Cosmological Arguments for Monism
Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Throughout history, numerous thinkers have claimed that monism—in the form of priority monism, existence monism, monotheistic monism, or versions that posit an extra‐cosmic ultimate being—theoretically surpasses pluralism, above all by positing a unified universe.
Lok‐Chi Chan
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The Danger of the Confluence of Neoplatonism and Christianity for Biblical Teachings on Salvation
Pan-African Journal of TheologyThis paper argues that Neoplatonism’s aim to merge Greek Philosophy and Christianity was not without its impact on the biblical concept of salvation. This confluence presupposes a cosmic order of existence according to which the physical is of a lower ...
Augustin Tchamba
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Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 28, Issue 3, Page 242-266, July 2026.Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
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Two models of catharsis in the cultural tradition of Europe
Дискурс, 2019 Introduction. The modern western socio-cultural space differs from the preceding historical eras by the absence of institutionalized practices of catharsis.
V. A. Lapatin
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Via activa a via contemplativa vo vybraných interpretáciách renesančných diel Erwinom Panofskym
Acta Universitatis Carolinae Philosophica et Historica, 2020 The paper deals with the processing of the theme of active and contemplative life in three selected examples of Renaissance art, namely in Dürer’s engravings Knight, Death and the Devil and Saint Jerome in His Study and Titian’s painting Sacred and ...
Stanislava Kustrová
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“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate
Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 708-729, July 2026.Abstract Recent interest in the idea of analogy and the analogy of being, along with the apparent invocation of Augustine’s De Trinitate in the definition of Lateran IV, calls for a renewed investigation into the idea of analogy in the aforementioned text. Methodologically, “analogy” in De Trin. names a form of discourse which attempts to see the truth
Samuel J. Korb
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ReligionsThe following article aims at highlighting the theurgical tendencies in the teachings of the great Andalusī Muslim mystic Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (560/1165–638/1240).
Michael Ebstein
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‘Divine Offspring’: Richard Hooker’s Neoplatonic Account of Law and Causality
Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2015 Richard Hooker’s (1554-1600) adaptation of classical logos theology is exceptional and indeed quite original for its extended application of the principles of Neoplatonic apophatic theology to the concrete institutional issues of a particular time and ...
Kirby Torrance
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