Silence and the Word Negative Theology and Incarnation |
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| Editor:
| Davies, Oliver
Turner, Denys |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-81718-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $133.95 |
Book Description:
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Negative theology or apophasis--the idea that God is best identified in terms of what we cannot know about him, in terms of 'absence', 'otherness', 'difference'--has been influentiual in modern Christian thought, resonating as it does with secular notions of absence, otherness and difference developed in recent continental philosophy. Leading Christian thinkers now offer a range of important new perspectives on this tradition, both historical and contemporary, to show how a dimension...
More DescriptionNegative theology or apophasis--the idea that God is best identified in terms of what we cannot know about him, in terms of 'absence', 'otherness', 'difference'--has been influentiual in modern Christian thought, resonating as it does with secular notions of absence, otherness and difference developed in recent continental philosophy. Leading Christian thinkers now offer a range of important new perspectives on this tradition, both historical and contemporary, to show how a dimension of negativity has characterised not only traditional mysticism but most forms of Christian thought over the years.