Negative Theology

by Johannes Aakjær Steenbuch

Book Overview

How do we speak about God if God is ineffable? This paradoxical question lies at the heart of one of the strangest traditions of philosophical and theological thought: negative theology. As a tradition of thought, negative (or apophatic) theology can be traced back to the convergence of Greek philosophy with Jewish and Christian theology in the first century CE. Beginning with a seemingly simple claim about the ineffability or unsayability of God,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666742163
• ISBN13: 9781666742169
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"