Indiscretion - Finitude and the Naming of God

Reinterpreting premodern approaches to God's ineffability and postmodern approaches to the mystery of the human subject, this text argues that interest in mystical theological traditions is best understood in relation to contemporary philosophy's emphasis on the idea of human finitude/mortality.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas A. Carlson
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.1999
• EAN: 9780226092942
• ISBN: 978-0-226-09294-2
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 160 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 456 g
• Series: Religion and Postmodernism; Religion and Postmodernism Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous