Bibliography: PMDF98B7

key	PMDF98B7
title	Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology
author	McLean, J. A.
authority control	Jack McLean
item type	Journal article
publication year	1992
date	1992-06
publication title	Journal of Bahá'í Studies
abstract note	Bahá'í theology is both apophatic (negative) and cataphatic (affirmative). An abstruse, apophatics negative theology of a hidden God is explicit background to Bahá'í tehology. Apophasis rejects defining God and honors God by remaining silent about the divine essence. If apophasis does speak of God, it does so by describing God through a process of elimination of what God is not, rather than making affirmations about what God is. The main substance of Bahá'í theology is manifestation theology or theophanology -- a theology calculated upon an understanding of the metaphysical reality and teachings of the divine Manifestations.
pages	25-67
issue	1
volume	5
language	English
manual tags	THEOLOGY