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St. Macarius the Great on Apophatacism2 comments

marshmk wrote 1 month ago: The following quotation and icon were originally post by Moses at The Burning Bush. Thank you Moses. … more →

Tags: Patristics, desert spirituality, Theology, Macarius the Great, Apophaticism

Deepity

Daniel Fincke wrote 2 months ago: Last week I highlighted both a portion of Jerry Coyne’s report from AAI and independently Andr … more →

Tags: Religion, Atheism, Daniel Dennett, karen armstrong, Jerry Coyne, Deepity, Religious Language

Gregory of Nyssa and apophatic theology

sakirkland wrote 4 months ago: Recently I have been working on my thesis proposal for next year. This has lead to me to read a bit … more →

Tags: Gregory of Nyssa, Infinity

Religion And The Alternatives Of Modernity and Post-Modernity

Daniel Fincke wrote 4 months ago: Via Uncertain Principles, a recent article tries to draw inferences about effects of different colle … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Religion, Education, Fundamentalism, social sciences, Secularism, academic disciplines, Academia, Modernism

Reason (2)2 comments

Kyōshin wrote 5 months ago: Recently I came across an interesting essay called The Sangowakuran Incident and its Significance fo … more →

Tags: doctrine, nembutsu life, Reason, hakarai, kataphatic, via negativa

The Good Atheism

Morf wrote 7 months ago: The Eastern Orthodox writer Paul Evdokimov writes : According to the Bible, the fool is free to say … more →

Tags: Atheism, Politics, Life, Art, writing, Personal, Religion, Anodos, pseudomorphosis

Kataphatic and Apophatic Prayer Explained

lisacolondelay wrote 7 months ago: Info. gathered from: SPIRITUALITY TODAY Spring 1986, Vol. 38, pp. 41-52. Frederick G. McLeod:        … more →

Tags: Prayer, practicing the presence of God, Authors, spirituality, Life As Prayer, listening to God, Experiencing God, The presence of God, Spiritual Growth

Augustine on the Trinity, and faith

Andrew wrote 8 months ago: Given the previous post, on faith being essentially “the gaze of the soul upon God”, how … more →

Tags: Faith, Quotes, Theology, Trinity, Augustine, James Anderson, Paradox

God, rid me of God11 comments

Brittian Bullock wrote 8 months ago: I’m on a journey.  Since having left the wild and wacky world of “primitive Christianity … more →

Tags: Emerging, Emergent, Christianity, Mysticism, Love, postmodern, Emerging Church, Pete Rollins, How (Not) to Speak of god

The devil and a bit of truth

Brittian Bullock wrote 8 months ago: The devil and his friend were walking down the road when they noticed a passer by pick something up … more →

Tags: Parable, Art, spirituality, Christianity, Mysticism, Certainty, Christ, Religion, Emerging Church

A god question5 comments

Chris Lawrence wrote 8 months ago: The Other I is a blog I recommend to anyone interested in lucid and non-dogmatic discussion of serio … more →

Tags: Philosophy, ethics, Religion, Atheism, Science, Cosmology, Faith, Christianity, Scientific Method

Touched by an angel #10

Chris Lawrence wrote 9 months ago: A rabbit playing the violin; a Dominican friar; a dog called Spot; and a hypothetical trip to Babylo … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Religion, Atheism, Science, Book Reviews, john cornwell, Darwin's angel, RIchard Dawkins, Law of nature

Risk

Brittian Bullock wrote 9 months ago: The Talmud, one of Judaisms sacred texts and a collection of rabbinic teachings, talks about the Gen … more →

Tags: Beauty, negative theology, The Gift, Sovereignty, Weak Theology, MYSTICS

A fragment

Brittian Bullock wrote 9 months ago: …a fragment of a 19th century German poem, How should I name the Most High? A god doesn’ … more →

Tags: Beauty, Poetry

Development of Christian Mysticism2 comments

Benjamin Steele wrote 10 months ago: Pre-Nicene New Testament by Robert M. Price p. 335, note about The First Epistle to the Corinthians … more →

Tags: gnosticism, Quotes, spirituality, Quote, Christianity, Mysticism, paul, Valentinus, via negativa

Carl McColman's 7 Theses on the Future of Christian Spirituality33 comments

zoecarnate wrote 10 months ago: I’ve just read the most important spirituality post I’ve encountered thus far in 2009. I … more →

Tags: Foresight, Faith, church, Publishing, Christian Mysticism, Emergent, God, Gatherings, Scripture

Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski, Samson, and Seeing Jesus in All Things1 comment

metamorphmind wrote 11 months ago: Spoiler Alert!  You may want to watch Gran Torino before you read this post.               When I sa … more →

Tags: Art, Culture, and Movies, 16125021, Theology, Gran Torino, walt kowalski, kataphatic

I need a Hebrew scholar to help me with a passage in Isaiah6 comments

Carl McColman wrote 1 year ago: If you are reading this blog and you are a scholar of Hebrew — or know someone who is — please get i … more →

Tags: Mysticism, Bible, Transcendence, request for help, Hebrew, Hebrew Scriptures, Old Testament, Isaiah, unknowability of God

No Name ?

logismon wrote 1 year ago: There was a time when God had no name, and there will be a time when  He will have no name. St. Isaa … more →

Tags: St. Abba Isaac the Syrian, sacred mystery


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