Religious language: Negative, Analogical, Symbolic
Explore classical approaches to speaking about God through negation, analogy, and symbolic language.
Apophatic way/via negativa
Explore the negative theology approach that describes God only by what He is not.
Cataphatic way
Discover positive theology that affirms what God is through analogy and affirmation.
Aquinas' analogies of attribution and proper proportion
Learn how Aquinas uses analogical language to speak meaningfully about God.
Symbol
Understand Tillich's theory of symbolic religious language that participates in divine reality.