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Why religious language is difficult

Why religious language is difficult

Concept map with the central question of meaningful language about God branching to via negativa, Aquinas' analogy, and Tillich's symbol, with key scholars labelled

Religious language uses human words such as "good", "loving" and "creator" to speak about God. The difficulty is that God is usually understood as transcendent, beyond the limits of ordinary creaturely experience.

Religious Language: Negative, Analogical or Symbolic Lesson

  1. AS Level
  2. /Religious Studies
  3. /Religious Language: Negative, Analogical or Symbolic

Step-by-step lessons on OCR AS Level Religious Studies Religious Language: Negative, Analogical or Symbolic. Each one builds up to exam-style questions.

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