‘Joining into God's breath’: travail of the negative as a connection between mysticism and political activism
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 the dynamics of a continuous ‘unsaying...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Heythrop journal
Год: 2023, Том: 64, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 474-488 |
| Индексация IxTheo: | CB Христианская жизнь CG Христианство и политика FA Теология NCD Политическая этика |
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| Итог: | 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 the 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/heyj.14215 |