Apophatic Theology and Twentieth-Century Novels
Drawing on apophatic theology, this essay argues that some twentieth-century texts invite an apophatic approach by revealing the limits of language and hinting at some understanding of God, without doing so directly. First, Leif Enger's Peace Like a River shows a divine encounter but, in the pr...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 316-333 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Enger, Leif 1961-, Peace like a river
/ Percy, Walker 1916-1990, Lancelot
/ Heller, Joseph 1923-1999, Catch-22
/ Apophatic theology
/ Novel
/ History 1900-2000
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apophatic theology
negative theology
Leif Enger
Walker Percy
Joseph Heller
Peace Like a River
Lancelot
Catch-22
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