Apophatic Theology and Christian Spirituality Today
The Oxford Handbook of Apophatic Theology August 20, 2026 Ethan Smith
Abstract Apophatic theology is relevant to Christian spirituality today as a form of Christological ascetico-mysticism. This chapter demonstrates the spiritual pertinence of Dionysius the Areopagite’s apophatic theology through its connections to Scriptural Christologies and its opposition to specific formations of the self in the context of neoliberal capitalism. Studies of Second Temple...