‘Via Negativa’
Abstract
Last January, a few days before the semester was to begin, I was out walking with my son in the woods, and I got a call from the department secretary. A colleague was ill, and would I please, please consider teaching her class as an overload? The catch was that it was for a different department—for theology, whereas I am a professor of ancient Greek and existential philosophy. I told her I would consider it, and that afternoon got an email from theology saying congratulations, I was hired.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Study and Philosophy of Religion
Karl Barth and Christian Theology
Philosophy
Ethics
and Existentialism
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Religious Studies and Theology
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 201–205
- Publication date
- 26 February 2026
- Language
- EN