This Apophatic Theology ( Negative theology ) mode of thinking about God is found throughout Gnosticism, Vedantic Hinduism, Platonic and Aristotelean theology, and Eastern Orthodox theology as well.

Apophatic statements are crucial to much modern theologians in Orthodox Christianity ( see Vladimir Lossky, John Meyendorff, John S. Romanides and Georges Florovsky ).

Apophatic theology found its most influential expression in works such as those of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite and Maximus the Confessor ( Pseudo-Dionysius is quoted by Thomas Aquinas 1, 760 times in his Summa Theologica ).

Apophatic theology ( from Greek ἀπόφασις from ἀπόφημι – apophēmi, " to deny ")— also known as negative theology or via negativa ( Latin for " negative way ")— is a theology that attempts to describe God, the Divine Good, by negation, to speak only in terms of what may not be said about the perfect goodness that is God.

This is in keeping with the church's use of Apophatic theology, as described by Dionysius the Areopagite and others.

** Apophatic theology – negative theology which seeks to describe God by negation ( e. g., immutable, impassible ).

Apophatic theology often is contrasted with " Cataphatic theology.

# Apophatic ( imageless, stillness, and wordlessness ) -- e. g., The Cloud of the Unknowing, Meister Eckhart ; and

Apophatic statements refer to transcendence in this context, as opposed to cataphasis referring to immanence.

Hoysala temples were not limited to any specific organised tradition of Hinduism and encouraged pilgrims of different Hindu devotional movements.

In fact for all of its history the Bhakti movement co-existed peacefully with the other movements in Hinduism.

Several contemporary groups, collectively termed Hindu reform movements, strive to introduce regeneration and reform to Hinduism.

Thus, most modern Hindu reform movements advocate a return to supposed ancient, egalitarian forms of Hinduism, and view aspects of modern Hinduism, such as discrimination and the caste system, as being corrupt results from colonialism and foreign influence.

In Indonesia several movements favour a return to Hinduism in Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi.

Main schools of Asian values include Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Integral yoga, Islam, Taoism, Zen, along with other philosophies, movements and religions.

The main problem was that the first movements were based on limited folklore sources and influenced by Far Eastern traditions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.

Hinduism comprises a large array of religious and philosophical movements primarily found in the Indian subcontinent.

Because Alexander Duff was regarded well, his character served as a model to his students and friends and his teaching did eventually lead to some reformist movements within Hinduism.

Hinduism encompasses many movements and schools fairly organized within Hindu sects.

The many schools and diverse movements of Hinduism trace their origins from as far back as three thousand years to only a few decades.

These movements assert that Sant Mat shares a lineage with Sikhism and contains elements of thought found in Hinduism, such as karma and reincarnation.

Bhakti sects within Hinduism such as the Mahanubhav, Varkari and many others were principle movements within the Hindu fold to openly advocate social justice and equality between men and women.

Studies have been published or prepared on community power structures, local-level politics, trade unions, co-operatives, textual and contextual studies of Hinduism, religious symbolism, family and kinship, and social and religious movements.

Intolerance of slavery by Hinduism ( supported by Vedas as well as fringe scriptures ) may not be confused with historical studies, past, current, or future practices in India, legislation in India, or political movements.

During the 19th century, Hinduism developed a large number of new religious movements, partly inspired by the European Romanticism, nationalism, and esotericism ( Theosophy ) popular at the time ( while conversely and contemporaneously, India had a similar effect on European culture with Orientalism, " Hindoo style " architecture, reception of Buddhism in the West and similar ).

The north, however, remained culturally the most active, where Buddhism was spreading and where Hinduism was being gradually remade by the Upanishadic movements, which are discussed in more detail in the section on religious history.

His movements and speech are precise, clear and quick.

The only factors that are personally set by the choreographer are the movements themselves, the number of the dancers, and the approximate total duration of the dance.

( there are no ) literary movements, `` there are only writers doing their work.

Literary movements are the '', creation of pimps who live off writers.

The work's two movements, one melodically sentimental, the other brightly capricious, are clever enough in a Ravel-like style, but they rehash a wornout idiom.

But chains of movements are not necessarily communicative, and it is in the realm of communication that the works prove disappointing.

So, for that matter, are the newer dances -- the `` Kalmuk Dance '' with its animal movements, that genial juggling act by Sergei Tsvetkov called `` The Platter '', the rousing and beautiful betrothal celebration called `` Summer '', `` The Three Shepherds '' of Azerbaijan hopping up on their staffs, and, of course, the trenchant `` Rock 'n' Roll ''.

While there are some similarities between the two movements, Theodism derived its origins primarily as a reaction to Wicca.

Western astrology is founded on the movements and relative positions of celestial bodies such as the Sun, Moon, planets, which are analyzed by their movement through signs of the zodiac ( spatial divisions of the ecliptic ) and by their aspects ( angles ) relative to one another.

Many nationalist movements, such as the French National Front, Austrian Freedom Party, or the Italian Lego Nord are opposed to globalization, but argue that the alternative to globalization is the protection of the nation-state, sometimes, according to critics, in explicitly racist or fascist terms.

However it has often been argued that in the dominated countries ( most of the world ) the WSF is little more than an ' NGO fair ' driven by Northern NGOs and donors most of which are hostile to popular movements of the poor.

There are also anthroposophical movements to renew speech and drama, the most important of which are based in the work of Marie Steiner-von Sivers ( speech formation, also known as Creative Speech ) and the Chekhov Method originated by Michael Chekhov ( nephew of Anton Chekhov ).

* One of the more serious of these side effects is tardive dyskinesia, in which the sufferer may show repetitive, involuntary, purposeless movements ( that are permanent and have no cure ) often of the lips, face, legs, or torso.

As arbitrages generally involve future movements of cash, they are subject to counterparty risk: if a counterparty fails to fulfill their side of a transaction.

In competitions, the women are often dressed in short-skirted latin outfits while the men are outfitted in tight-fitting shirts and pants, the goal being to emphasize the dancers ' leg action and body movements.

Beethoven changes the usual pattern of Classical symphonies in placing the scherzo movement before the slow movement ( in symphonies, slow movements are usually placed before scherzi ).

For instance, movements of the proteins actin and myosin ultimately are responsible for the contraction of skeletal muscle.

Stock market fluctuations are often cited, although Benoit Mandelbrot rejected its applicability to stock price movements in part because these are discontinuous.

You will see a multitude of tiny particles mingling in a multitude of ways ... their dancing is an actual indication of underlying movements of matter that are hidden from our sight ...

Even species with lower population numbers now ( such as Siberian or Whooping Cranes ) are found over a considerable range in their migratory movements.