"Ekstasis" as (beyond?) "jouissance": sex, queerness, and apophaticism in the Eastern Orthodox tradition
Ekstasis (ecstasy) is central to Eastern Orthodox theology, an encounter that sets the self on the way towards knowledge of and union with God. Ekstasis is fundamentally apophatic - achieved through the eschewal of cognitive knowledge, and experiential - precipitated by practices that foster self-re...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2014, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 89-107 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Orthodox theology
/ Queer theory
/ Ecstasy
/ Apophatic theology
/ Enjoyment
/ Sexual behavior
/ Sexuality
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality FD Contextual theology KDF Orthodox Church |
