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Theological Negation

Theological Negation is a methodological construct in apophatic theology that identifies and articulates the limitations of human language and conceptualization in describing the divine by systematically excluding affirmative predicates.

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2017–2026

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Speaking the incomprehensible God: Thomas Aquinas on the interplay of positive and negative theology

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 94 citations

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The Negative Theology of Maimonides and Aquinas

Joseph A. Buijs · ˜The œreview of metaphysics · 1988 · 60 citations

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Description by Negation. History of a Thought-Pattern in Ancient Accounts of Blissful Life

Malcolm Davies · Prometheus. Rivista di studi classici · 1987 · 45 citations

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Religious awe: Potential contributions of negative theology to psychology, "positive" or otherwise.

Louise Sundararajan · Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology · 2002 · 44 citations

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Apophasis and the turn of philosophy to religion: From Neoplatonic negative theology to postmodern negation of theology

William Franke · International Journal for Philosophy of Religion · 2006 · 43 citations

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Authors

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  1. DT
    Denys Turner

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  2. BM
    Bruce Milem

    SUNY New Paltz, United States

    1 publications · 27 citations

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  3. JW
    John Whittaker

    Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

    1 publications · 24 citations

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  4. WF
    William Franke

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    1 publications · 43 citations

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  5. LG
    Lindsay G. Driediger-Murphy

    University of Calgary, Canada

    1 publications · 21 citations

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Institutions

23

  1. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  2. University of Hong Kong

    Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  3. University of Warwick

    Coventry, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  4. Memorial University of Newfoundland

    St. John's, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  5. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  6. Berea College

    Berea, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Institute of Religious Studies

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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  1. Modern Theology

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  3. Harvard Theological Review

    HTR · 3 publications · 70 citations

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  4. The Heythrop Journal

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  5. Anglo-Saxon England

    1 publications · 11 citations

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