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Performative Finitude: Theological Language and the God–World Relationship in Nicholas of Cusa’s De Non Aliud

cam.issuedOnline2022-02-02
dc.contributor.authorAspray, S
dc.contributor.orcidAspray, S [0000-0002-1879-4641]
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-02T20:22:23Z
dc.date.available2022-02-02T20:22:23Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.updated2022-02-02T20:22:23Z
dc.descriptionFunder: British Academy; Id: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000286
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In <jats:italic>Christ the Heart of Creation</jats:italic>, Rowan Williams regrets that he cannot explore Nicholas of Cusa’s ‘uniquely lucid insights’ concerning the relationship between God and the world. This article takes up the challenge, enquiring how Cusanus approaches this relationship in his treatise <jats:italic>De Non Aliud</jats:italic>. First, the article attends to how Cusanus understands theological language, arguing that he invites his readers into a self‐reflective process, taking seriously the finite mode of our knowing and speaking. Secondly, it is shown how this same attention to human finitude, and to the performative aspect of attempting to understand a relationship which defines our very being, is evident in Cusanus’ approach to theological metaphysics.</jats:p>
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.80987
dc.identifier.eissn1468-2400
dc.identifier.issn1463-1652
dc.identifier.otherijst12549
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333570
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12549
dc.subject5005 Theology
dc.subject50 Philosophy and Religious Studies
dc.titlePerformative Finitude: Theological Language and the God–World Relationship in Nicholas of Cusa’s De Non Aliud
dc.typeArticle
prism.publicationNameInternational Journal of Systematic Theology
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