Ineffability and religious experience

Author(s)

• Bennett-Hunter, Guy

Bibliographic Information

Ineffability and religious experience

by Guy Bennett-Hunter

（Pickering studies in philosophy of religion）

Pickering & Chatto, 2014

• : [hardcover]

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Ineffability - that which cannot be explained in words - lies at the heart of the Christian mystical tradition. This is the first book to engage with the concept of ineffability within contemporary philosophy of religion and provides a starting point for further scholarly debate.

Table of Contents

• Introduction: Philosophy of Religion in the New Style
• Chapter 1 Ineffability and Religion
• Chapter 2 Philosophical Defence of the Concept of Ineffability
• Chapter 3 Two Attempts at Theological Appropriation
• Chapter 4 Karl Jaspers's Philosophical Position
• Chapter 5 The Nature of Philosophical Evocation of the Ineffable
• Chapter 6 The Aesthetic and Ritual Embodiment of the Ineffable

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Details

• NCID: BB20815121
• ISBN:
  • 9781848934719
• LCCN: 2014466347
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 201 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 210
  • LCC : BL51
  • NDLC : HK18
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Religion -- Philosophy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB18123169