God after metaphysics : a theological aesthetic / John Panteleimon Manoussakis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manoussakis, John Panteleimon.

Series:

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--Knowableness.

Experience (Religion).

Christianity--Philosophy.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While philosophy believes it is impossible to have an experience of God without the senses, theology claims that such an experience is possible, though potentially idolatrous. In this engagingly creative book, John Panteleimon Manoussakis ends the impasse by proposing an aesthetic allowing for a sensuous experience of God that is not subordinated to imposed categories or concepts. Manoussakis draws upon the theological traditions of the Eastern Church, including patristic and liturgical resources, to b

Contents:

The metaphysical chiasm

The existential chiasm

The aesthetical chiasm

Prelude : figures of silence

Interlude : language beyond difference and otherness

Postlude : the interrupted self

Touch me, touch me not

The Sabbath of experience.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07839-9

9786612078392

0-253-11694-5

OCLC:

476140934