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Apophatic Bodies

Negative Theology, Incarnation, and Relationality [Paperback]

by Catherine Keller

    • Author

      Catherine Keller

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Fordham University Press

    • Published

      November 2009

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    The ancient doctrine of negative theology or apophasis - the attempt to describe God by speaking only of what cannot be said about the divine perfection and goodness - has taken on new life in the concern with language and its limits that preoccupies much postmodern philosophy, theology, and related disciplines. How does this mystical tradition intersect with the concern with material bodies that is simultaneously a focus in these areas? This volume pursues the unlikely conjunction of apophasis and the body, not for the cachet of the 'cutting edge' but rather out of an ethical passion for the integrity of all creaturely bodies as they are caught up in various ideological mechanisms - religious, theological, political, economic - that threaten their dignity and material well-being. The contributors, a diverse collection of scholars in theology, philosophy, history, and biblical studies, rethink the relationship between the concrete tradition of negative theology and apophatic discourses widely construed. They further endeavor to link these to the theological theme of incarnation and more general issues of embodiment, sexuality, and cosmology.Along the way, they engage and deploy the resources of contextual and liberation theology, post-structuralism, postcolonialism, process thought, and feminism. The result not only recasts the nature and possibilities of theological discourse but explores the possibilities of academic discussion across and beyond disciplines in concrete engagement with the well-being of bodies, both organic and inorganic. The volume interrogates the complex capacities of religious discourse both to threaten and positively to draw upon the material well-being of creation.

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    • Author

      Catherine Keller

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Fordham University Press

    • Published

      November 2009

    • Weight

      659g

    • Page Count

      448

    • Dimensions

      153 x 227 x 36 mm

    • ISBN

      9780823230822

    • ISBN-10

      0823230821

    • Eden Code

      2500749

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    • Author/Creator: Catherine Keller

    • ISBN: 9780823230822

    • Publisher: Fordham University Press

    • Release Date: November 2009

    • Weight: 659g

    • Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 36 mm

    • Eden Code: 2500749


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