Negative Theology in Contemporary Interpretations

The tradition of negative theology has very deep roots which go back to the Late Greek Antiquity and the Early Christian period. Although Dionysius is usually regarded as “the Father” of negative theology, yet he has not initiated a revolution in the religious philosophy, but rather brought together...

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1. VerfasserIn: Jugrin, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2018]
In: European journal for philosophy of religion
Jahr: 2018, Band: 10, Heft: 2, Seiten: 149-170
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Negative Theologie
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
BE Griechisch-Römische Religionen
FD Kontextuelle Theologie
KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum
weitere Schlagwörter:B Transcendence
B Mystical Experience
B cataphaticism
B Apophaticism
B Negative Theology
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Zusammenfassung:The tradition of negative theology has very deep roots which go back to the Late Greek Antiquity and the Early Christian period. Although Dionysius is usually regarded as “the Father” of negative theology, yet he has not initiated a revolution in the religious philosophy, but rather brought together various elements of thinking regarding the knowledge of God and built a system which is a synthesis of Platonic, neo-Platonic and Christian ideas. The aim of this article is to illustrate the views of some more modern theologians on the nature, types and levels of apophaticism in the Greek Patristic tradition, trying to establish the role that negation can play in facilitating man's attaining to the knowledge of God.
Enthält:Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v10i2.1796