Silence and the Word: Negative Theology and Incarnation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521067393)

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 influentiual in modern Christian thought, resonating as it does with secular notions of absence, otherness and difference developed in recent continental philosophy. Leading Christian thinkers now offer a range of important new perspectives on this tradition, both historical and contemporary, to show how a dimension of negativity has characterized not only traditional mysticism but most forms of Christian thought over the years.

Author: Oliver Davies
ISBN-10: 0521067391
ISBN-13: 9780521067393
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2008
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d