Negative theology and philosophical analysis : only the splendour of light / Simon Hewitt.

This book is the first treatment at length of negative, or apophatic, theology within the analytic tradition. Apophatic theology holds that there is a significant sense in which we cannot say what God is. Important negative theological elements are present in a host of Christian thinkers, from Grego...

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Main Author: Hewitt, Simon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
Series:Palgrave frontiers in philosophy of religion.
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505 0 |a 1. God beyond Words -- 2. Analytic Criticisms of Apophaticsm -- 3. Analytic Apophaticisms -- 4. Representatialism and Religious Language -- 5. Grammatical Thomism -- 6. The Grammar of God-Talk -- 7. Speaking of God: truthfully and devotedly -- 8. Is God a Person? -- 9. Incarnation and Trinity -- 10. Politics, Kingdom, Beatific Vision. 
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