Eros and The Abyss: Reading Medieval Mystics in Postmodernity
In contemporary writings, nihilism is regularly figured as an abyss, contrasted with knowledge set upon secure foundations, and seen as a particular threat to theology in postmodernity. In medieval mystical writings and experience, however, the abyss was figured as the unfathomable depth of God. Eac...
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Oxford University Press
2003
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Literature and theology
Year: 2003, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 244-264 |
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