Apophasis in Plotinus: A Critical Approach

Is apophasis dead? Can there be a contemporary apophatic theology, or critical method, or approach to comparative religion and interreligious dialogue? If such approaches are possible, then a resource of virtually unfathomable richness lies largely untapped. I suggest that apophasis has much to offe...

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Main Author: Sells, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1985
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1985, Volume: 78, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 47-65
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Summary:Is apophasis dead? Can there be a contemporary apophatic theology, or critical method, or approach to comparative religion and interreligious dialogue? If such approaches are possible, then a resource of virtually unfathomable richness lies largely untapped. I suggest that apophasis has much to offer to contemporary thought and that, in turn, classical apophasis can be critically reevaluated from the perspective of contemporary concerns.
ISSN:1475-4517
Contains:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000027383