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1 online resource |
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New Jewish philosophy and thought |
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New Jewish philosophy and thought.
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Apophaticism, idolatry and the claims of reason; 2 The quest for a place which is 'not-a-place': the hiddenness of God and the presence of God; 3 The gift of the Name: Moses and the bu ning bush; 4 Aquinas on the Trinity; 5 Vere tu es Deus absconditus: the hidden God in Luther and some mystics; 6 The deflections of desire: negative theology in trinitarian disclosure; 7 The formation of mind: Trinity and understanding in Newman; 8 In the daylight forever?: language and silence |
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9 Apophasis and the Shoah: where was Jesus Christ at Auschwitz?10 Soundings: towards a theological poetics of silence; Select bibliograp y; Index |
| Summary |
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 influential in modern Christian thought. Leading Christian thinkers now offer a range of important new perspectives on this tradition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
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God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines
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Negative theology -- Judaism.
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RELIGION -- Judaism -- General.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Religious.
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Negative theology -- Judaism
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God (Judaism) -- History of doctrines
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Negative Theologie
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Jüdische Philosophie
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Negativität
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fagenblat, Michael, editor
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| LC no. |
2017003803 |
| ISBN |
9780253025043 |
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0253025044 |
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