Deus Absconditus: Dialektika Pemazmur dan Meister Eckhart untuk Menemukan Jalan Spiritual Mistik di Tengah Penderitaan
Dunamis Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristiani October 23, 2023 Stefanus Christian Haryono
This article contrasts two spiritual paths for responding to suffering: the psalmist's cataphatic approach, which asks "why" out of trust in Yahweh's steadfast love (ḥesed), and Meister Eckhart's apophatic approach of "without why." Despite their differences, the dialectic between them reveals Deus absconditus, the absent God. Theologically, this encounter discovers mystical spirituality amid agony and shows Christians that God's face is found not only in Immanuel (God with us) but also in God's presence through absence.