Via negativa Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Philosophy of Religion, Religious Language. A detailed Mind-Map on the Via Negativa covering key philosophers such as Pseudo-Dionysis and Miamonides. Exploring the key concepts of the argument alongside strengths and weaknesses - perfect for essay planning and revision. A* worthy!

These are A* essay plans that discuss via negativa and via positiva approaches to religious language. Questions include: How useful is Aquinas' analogical approach for communicating religious ideas? "The best approach tk religious language is the cataphatic way." Discuss. "Tillich's symbolic approach is more satisfactory than via negative as an approach to religious language." Discuss.

This is an A* essay plan critically comparing Tillich's symbolic approach with the via negativa. Scholars mentioned: - Maimonides - Pseudo-Dionysus - Tillich

This essay covers unit 4.1 (a) of the Edexcel Religious Studies specification - Analogy - in unit 4 Religious Language. It is used in Section C of Paper 1 (Question 4), includes a synoptic link, and can be tailored to earlier questions of the paper. The first part of the essay explores the debate of religious language, before exploring different forms of analogous language, such as Via Negativa and Aquinas' analogy of proportion and attribution. The essay has different evaluations of analogous ...

Theology correct answers The systematic study of God and God's relationship with the world Christocentric correct answers Christ-centered theology that focuses on Jesus Christ as the preeminent revelation of God Apologetics correct answers the defense or justification of belief in God and Christianity from Greek Apolphatic correct answers language that refers to God negatively or by denial (how God differs from humans) Via Negativa correct answers negative way of speaking about God ...

This 6 page document includes 3 extremely detailed essay plans on religious language. What's inside: Question 1 - 'Does the apophatic way provide an effective method for theological discussion?' Question 2 - To what extent is symbol an effective way of communicating religious ideas? Question 3 - To what extent is the via-positiva (cataphatic way, Aquinas) an effective way of communicating religious ideas? These essay plans include a wide range of scholars, counter arguments, a A* ...

Notes on Religious Language in accordance with the OCR Religious Studies specification. The notes provide information, scholars, ideas and quotes compiled from various resources from both within and outside of the curriculum.

This A* essay plan explores the cataphatic way and whether it is a useful approach to religious language.

This A* essay plans discusses Aquinas' analogical approach and how useful it is when discussing religious ideas.