Religious Language: negative, analogical or symbolic
Key Terms:
Agnosticism: the view that there is insufficient evidence for God, or the
view that God cannot be known
Truth-claim: a statement that asserts that something is factually true
Apophatic way (via negativa): a way of speaking about God and theological
ideas using only terms that say what God is not
Cataphatic way (via positiva): a range of ways of speaking about God and
theological ideas using only terms that say what God is
Univocal language: words that mean the same thing when used in different
contexts
Equivocal language: words that mean different things when used in
different contexts
Analogy: a comparison made between one thing and another in an effort to
aid understanding
Symbol: a word or other kind of representation used to stand for something
else and to shed light on its meaning
Key Terms:
Agnosticism: the view that there is insufficient evidence for God, or the
view that God cannot be known
Truth-claim: a statement that asserts that something is factually true
Apophatic way (via negativa): a way of speaking about God and theological
ideas using only terms that say what God is not
Cataphatic way (via positiva): a range of ways of speaking about God and
theological ideas using only terms that say what God is
Univocal language: words that mean the same thing when used in different
contexts
Equivocal language: words that mean different things when used in
different contexts
Analogy: a comparison made between one thing and another in an effort to
aid understanding
Symbol: a word or other kind of representation used to stand for something
else and to shed light on its meaning
