RT Article
T1 Listening out for God’s Breath – a Negative Hermeneutical Approach to Mysticism
JF Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
VO 10
IS 1
SP 281
OP 307
A1 Wolff, Edda 1986-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1895486262
AB This essay argues that a negative hermeneutics, i.e., a hermeneutics that takes its starting point from the experience of gaps, failures, and limits, is a suitable lens for the study of mysticism. It uses the concept of travail of the negative, which focuses on dynamics of a continuous ‘unsaying’ and ‘subverting’ of traditional expressions of faith and religious practice, to explore the connection between aspects of practical and theoretical negativity in mystical expressions. It suggests that this approach to mystical theology makes an important contribution to the wider theological discourse and encourages theology to take the fundamental character of negation seriously.
K1 Political Theology
K1 Negative Theology
K1 Critical Theory
K1 negative hermeneutics
K1 Mysticism
DO 10.30965/23642807-bja10085