William C. Hackett is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, USA.

• PrefaceIntroduction: “To Make Tangible The Inexpressible”1. Knowledge of the Absolute (Balthasar)2. Anthropomorphism and the Angel: the Anthropic Principle3. Between Contemplation and Concepts (Bultmann)4. Anthropomorphism and Some Aspects of Modern Thought5. Symbolical Apophatics (Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite)6. Anthropomorphism and Negative Theology7. The Priority of the Image in Christology (Cyril of Alexandria)8. Anthropomorphism and Transcendence9. Concluding SignAppendix: Annotations to A Few Loci ClassiciIndex

Hackett’s tour de force in philosophy of religion offers substantial analysis of many important continental figures in light of contemporary theologians like Balthasar and patristic voices like Cyril of Alexandria, Pseudo-Dionysius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine. Written in evocative literary tropes, the book will be a pleasure to read for those philosophers and theologians interested in themes like the body, cosmology, mystical experience, and liturgy.

William C. Hackett is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, USA.

• PrefaceIntroduction: “To Make Tangible The Inexpressible”1. Knowledge of the Absolute (Balthasar)2. Anthropomorphism and the Angel: the Anthropic Principle3. Between Contemplation and Concepts (Bultmann)4. Anthropomorphism and Some Aspects of Modern Thought5. Symbolical Apophatics (Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite)6. Anthropomorphism and Negative Theology7. The Priority of the Image in Christology (Cyril of Alexandria)8. Anthropomorphism and Transcendence9. Concluding SignAppendix: Annotations to A Few Loci ClassiciIndex

Hackett’s tour de force in philosophy of religion offers substantial analysis of many important continental figures in light of contemporary theologians like Balthasar and patristic voices like Cyril of Alexandria, Pseudo-Dionysius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine. Written in evocative literary tropes, the book will be a pleasure to read for those philosophers and theologians interested in themes like the body, cosmology, mystical experience, and liturgy.

William C. Hackett is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, USA.

• PrefaceIntroduction: “To Make Tangible The Inexpressible”1. Knowledge of the Absolute (Balthasar)2. Anthropomorphism and the Angel: the Anthropic Principle3. Between Contemplation and Concepts (Bultmann)4. Anthropomorphism and Some Aspects of Modern Thought5. Symbolical Apophatics (Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite)6. Anthropomorphism and Negative Theology7. The Priority of the Image in Christology (Cyril of Alexandria)8. Anthropomorphism and Transcendence9. Concluding SignAppendix: Annotations to A Few Loci ClassiciIndex

Hackett’s tour de force in philosophy of religion offers substantial analysis of many important continental figures in light of contemporary theologians like Balthasar and patristic voices like Cyril of Alexandria, Pseudo-Dionysius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Augustine. Written in evocative literary tropes, the book will be a pleasure to read for those philosophers and theologians interested in themes like the body, cosmology, mystical experience, and liturgy.