Editors:
- Considers the relevance of negative theology and apophatic thinking in today's society
- Offers insights that are relevant for continental philosophy, theology, comparative literature, metaphysics, and intercultural philosophy
- Provides historical contextualization of thinking from Ancient Platonic and Neo-Platonic debates to the 19th century
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion (PFPR)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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A Philosophy of the Unsayable: Interpretations and Consequences
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Front Matter
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A Philosophy of the Unsayable: Interpretations and Consequences
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Thinking the Apophatic: Hegel and Postmodernity
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The Vanishing Point of the Apophatic in Poetry and Literature
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About this book
In this volume, scholars draw deeply on negative theology in order to consider some of the oldest questions in the philosophy of religion that stand as persistent challenges to inquiry, comprehension, and expression. The chapters engage different philosophical methodologies, cross disciplinary boundaries, and draw on varied cultural traditions in the effort to demonstrate that apophaticism can be a positive resource for contemporary philosophy of religion.
Reviews
“Unlimited confidence in the power of philosophers to express ultimate reality and despair at the inevitable failure of our philosophic tools to handle ultimate reality mark the death of philosophy of religion through irrelevance and futility, respectively. A meaningful future for philosophy of religion lies between these extremes, as we bend philosophy toward effing the ineffable. This book charts key debates in this promising middle space. It is a must-read for anyone interested in apophaticism.” (Wesley J. Wildman, Boston University, USA, and author of In Our Own Image: Anthropomorphism, Apophaticism, and Ultimacy, and Effing the Ineffable: Existential Mumblings at the Limits of Language)
“There is a difference between a kiss and the word “kiss,” between a pipe and a picture of a pipe. And this difference between our signs and that to which they point is important for all those religious communities who use words to point to a reality that is more than verbal. This volume of insightful essays on philosophy of the apophatic helps us think about what exists outside of language—and how to talk about it.” (Kevin Schilbrack, Appalachian State University, USA, and author of Philosophy and the Study of Religions: A Manifesto)
Editors and Affiliations
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University of Macau , Taipa, Macao
Nahum Brown
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Furman University, Greenville, USA
J. Aaron Simmons
About the editors
J. Aaron Simmons is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Debates in Negative Theology and Philosophy
Editors: Nahum Brown, J. Aaron Simmons
Series Title: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65900-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65899-5Published: 13 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88127-0Published: 04 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65900-8Published: 24 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2634-6176
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 400