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Apophatic theology and Chinese folk religion

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Difference between Apophatic theology and Chinese folk religion

Apophatic theology vs. Chinese folk religion

Apophatic theology, also known as negative theology, is a form of theological thinking and religious practice which attempts to approach God, the Divine, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God. Chinese folk religion (Chinese popular religion) or Han folk religion is the religious tradition of the Han people, including veneration of forces of nature and ancestors, exorcism of harmful forces, and a belief in the rational order of nature which can be influenced by human beings and their rulers as well as spirits and gods.

Similarities between Apophatic theology and Chinese folk religion

Apophatic theology and Chinese folk religion have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Absolute (philosophy), Atheism, Buddhism, Cataphatic theology, Immanence, Latin, Transcendence (religion).

Absolute (philosophy)

In philosophy, the concept of The Absolute, also known as The (Unconditioned) Ultimate, The Wholly Other, The Supreme Being, The Absolute/Ultimate Reality, and other names, is the thing, being, entity, power, force, reality, presence, law, principle, etc.

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Atheism

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Cataphatic theology

Cataphatic theology or kataphatic theology is theology that uses "positive" terminology to describe or refer to the divine – specifically, God – i.e. terminology that describes or refers to what the divine is believed to be, in contrast to the "negative" terminology used in apophatic theology to indicate what it is believed the divine is not.

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Immanence

The doctrine or theory of immanence holds that the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Transcendence (religion)

In religion, transcendence refers to the aspect of a god's nature and power which is wholly independent of the material universe, beyond all known physical laws.

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Apophatic theology and Chinese folk religion Comparison

Apophatic theology has 237 relations, while Chinese folk religion has 338. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 1.22% = 7 / (237 + 338).

References

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