POSTMETAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY AND APOPHATIC THEOLOGY. FROM JEAN-LUC MARION’S PHENOMENOLOGY TO THE PARADOXICAL STATUS OF THOUGHT IN VLADIMIR LOSSKY’S ...
POSTMETAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY AND APOPHATIC THEOLOGY. FROM JEAN-LUC MARION’S PHENOMENOLOGY TO THE PARADOXICAL STATUS OF THOUGHT IN VLADIMIR LOSSKY’S ...

Summary/Abstract: The postmetaphysical context of the contemporary philosophy emphasizes the sustained refusal of metaphysics, pointing to the lack of legitimacy for modernity’s meta-narrations. The reason loses its power, allowing the development of new religious movements, without dogmatic foundations and more sentimental and experiential. Jean-Luc Marion’s thinking is one of the contemporary possibilities for the dialog between theology and postmetaphysical philosophies. Concepts like „God without being”, „idol”, „icon” and „distance” offer a coherent phenomenological answer to the weak thought. Starting from these considerations, my paper analyses Vladimir Lossky’s apophatic theology, arguing for the paradoxical status of thought in the Tradition of Orthodox Church: first, a dogmatic strong thought, very important for the Christian faith; second, a thought that needs to become weak in order to remain strong, being overcome by the negative theology and the mystical experience.

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