A pregnant silence : contemporary apophaticism and virtues ethics.

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dc.contributor.advisorHarvey, Barry, 1954-
dc.creatorWilmington, David M., 1972-
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-04T15:24:15Z
dc.date.available2015-09-04T15:24:15Z
dc.date.created2015-08
dc.date.issued2015-08-03
dc.date.submittedAugust 2015
dc.date.updated2015-09-04T15:24:15Z
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation surveys and critiques the ethical consequences of the contemporary revival of apophaticism. It examines representative examples of a continuum of contemporary apophatic thought—primarily Jacques Derrida, John Caputo, Richard Kearney, Jean-Luc Marion, and Denys Turner—and assesses the ethical implications of the accounts themselves as well as the compatibility of their accounts with virtues ethics. It concludes with a study of Bonaventure and argues that his Christocentric Exemplarism allows him to harmonize the tensions between both the apophatic and cataphatic and between the relationship of apophaticism with virtues ethics. I suggest that the centrality of humility in Bonaventure’s thought offers rich resources for the contemporary theological reconsideration of metaphysics and ethics.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/9515
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectApophaticism. Negative theology. Postmodernism. Virtues ethics. Jacques Derrida. Jean-Luc Marion. Denys Turner. Bonaventure. Christocentric Exemplarism. Hierarchy.
dc.titleA pregnant silence : contemporary apophaticism and virtues ethics.
dc.typeThesis
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local.embargo.lift2020-08-01
local.embargo.terms2020-08-01
thesis.degree.departmentBaylor University. Dept. of Religion.
thesis.degree.grantorBaylor University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D.

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