NMC285H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hendiadys, Classical Planet, Apophatic Theology
1 Mar 2018
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God is mentioned over 2500 times in the quran. The via negativa apophatic theology only able to describe what god is not. Via magica the idea that language doesn"t refer to the outside world but contains within itself the essence of the outside world that effects reality invocational langue: in the name of god . 3 aspects of god"s kingship= king, judge, covenanter. Theomorphism man in the image of god. Cosmogony that which concerns the origin of the universe. Creatio ex nihilo= creation out of nothing. Three tiered cosmos heavens of the heavens, heavens, earth, the underworld. Ptolemy (5 naked eye planets rotating around the earth) Geocentric cosmos where the earth is the cosmic orbit. Anthropogony the creation of humans in the quran. Eschatology the study of the way the world ends. 33% of the quran is concerning eschatological content. Uni vs. multivocal multi-vocal (there are certain contradictory passages)
