apophatic
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This kind of apophatic theology has a lot in common with godless mysticism, Gray argues, because saying that God does not exist is not so different from saying that we cannot comprehend God’s existence.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 22, 2018
My suggestion is to view Cage in the tradition of apophatic mystics who sought to understand God through what He is not.
From New York Times • May 25, 2017
The whole apophatic tradition in theology regards the search for God as being driven along by a recognition of what God is not.
From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2010
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