Contemporary Debates in Negative Theology and Philosophy

In this volume, scholars draw deeply on negative theology in order to consider some of the oldest questions in the philosophy of religion that stand as persistent challenges to inquiry, comprehension, and expression. The chapters engage different philosophical methodologies, cross disciplinary bound...

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Contributors: Brown, Nahum ca. 21. Jh. (Editor) ; Simmons, J. Aaron 1977- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
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Springer eBook Collection Religion and Philosophy
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Comparative religion / Negative theology / Apophatic theology / Religious philosophy
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Religion Philosophy
B Philosophy
B Religions
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Printed edition: 9783319658995
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Summary:In this volume, scholars draw deeply on negative theology in order to consider some of the oldest questions in the philosophy of religion that stand as persistent challenges to inquiry, comprehension, and expression. The chapters engage different philosophical methodologies, cross disciplinary boundaries, and draw on varied cultural traditions in the effort to demonstrate that apophaticism can be a positive resource for contemporary philosophy of religion
1. Introduction; J. Aaron Simmons. - Part I. A Philosophy of the Unsayable -- 2. A Philosophy of the Unsayable; Kevin Hart -- 3.Speaking About Silence (Sort of); Aaron Simmons -- 4. William Franke and the Unfinished Philosophical Revolution of the West; William C. Hackett -- 5. To Be and Not To Know, That is the Question; Sai Bhatawadekar -- 6. Is There a Logic of the Ineffable?; Stephen Palmquist -- 7. Betwixt and Amidst; William Franke -- Part II. Thinking the Apophatic -- 8. Is Hegel an Apophatic Thinker?; Nahum Brown -- 9. Hegel and the Negation of the Apophatic; Andrew W. Hass -- 10. Infinite Reduplication; Peter Kline -- 11. Heidegger’s Apophaticism; Elliot R. Wolfson -- 12. The Apophatic Trace of Derrida and Zhuangzi; Lissa McCullough -- 13. The Irenic Ironic Unsayable; by David Chai -- 14. Apophatic Universalism East and West; William Franke -- Part III. The Vanishing Point of the Apophatic in Poetry and Literature -- 15. Apophasis as a Means of Expressing Ecological Indeterminacy; Sabine Lenore Müller -- 16. The Astonishing Silence of Things;Bruno Béu -- 17. Unspeakable Trash; Anthony Curtis Adler -- 18. Conclusion -- Index
ISBN:3319659006
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65900-8