RT Article T1 “Never known as anything but an absence, I dare not name him as god: ”queer theology and the via negativa JF Theology & sexuality VO 23 IS 1/2 SP 17 OP 30 A1 Farley, Wendy 1958- LA English PB Taylor & Francis YR 2017 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1639888969 AB Farley draws a parallel between the philosophical anti-essentialism of queer theory and the theological anti-essentialism of apophatic theology. She argues that absolutizing interpretations of authority conspire with dogmatic theology to strip reality of its mystery and human beings of their dignity. Greater attention to anti-essentialist theology provides one strategy toward appreciation of plurality, not least queer embodiments of the human adventure. K1 Apophatic K1 divine beloved K1 Essentialism K1 poetic K1 Queer Theology DO 10.1080/13558358.2017.1341211