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On the Absence and Unknowability of God

Heidegger and the Areopagite

  • Paperback
  • 128 pages
  • Publisher: Continuum
  • 14 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm

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For theologians and philosophy enthusiasts seeking depth

Addresses nihilism in western metaphysics directly

You will gain insight into Orthodox apophatic theology

This book explores the relationship between God and being through a unique theological lens.

This book, one of the earliest by Christos Yannaras, was first published in 1967 and has become a contemporary classic. Yannaras begins by outlining Heidegger's analysis of the fate of western metaphysics, which ends, he argues, in a nihilistic atheism. Yannaras's response is largely to accept Heidegger's analysis, but to argue that, although it applies to the western tradition of what Heidegger calls "onto theology" (which regards God as a 'being', even if the highest), it does not take account of the Orthodox tradition of apophatic theology, of which Dionysius the Areopagite is a pre-eminent example. A God 'beyond being' escapes the criticism of Heidegger, and provides an alternative to Heidegger's nihilistic conclusion.
On the Absence and Unknowability of God and Sacred And The Profane
Sacred And The ProfaneOn the Absence and Unknowability of God

  • Title

    On the Absence and Unknowability of God

  • Author

    Yannaras

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Continuum

  • Published

    December 2006

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Editor

    Andrew Louth

  • Weight

    178g

  • Page Count

    128

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567045324

  • ISBN-10

    0567045323

  • Eden Code

    124669

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