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Indiscretion

Finitude and the Naming of God

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • 15.5 x 22.8 x 2.2 cm

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How can one think and name an inconceivable and ineffable God? Christian mystics have approached the problem by speaking of God using "negative" language - devices such as grammatical negation and the rhetoric of "darkness" or "unknowing" - and their efforts have fascinated contemporary scholars. In this text, Thomas A. Carlson reinterprets premodern approaches to God's ineffability and postmodern approaches to the mystery of the human subject in light of one another. The recent interest in mystical theological traditions, Carlson argues, is best understood in relation to contemporary philosophy's emphasis on the idea of human finitude and mortality. Combining both historical research in theology (from Pseudo-Dionysius to Aquinas to Eckhart) and contemporary philosophical analysis (from Hegel and Nietzsche to Heidegger, Derrida, and Marion), this text should interest philosophers, theologians, and other scholars concerned with the possibilities and limits of language surrounding both God and human subjectivity.
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  • Author

    Thomas A. Carlson

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    The University of Chicago Press

  • Published

    February 1999

  • Edition

    2nd

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 22.8 x 2.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780226092942

  • ISBN-10

    0226092941

  • Eden Code

    1212053

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