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Aug 2026
From Idol to Icon: The Problem of Divine Naming in Comparative Perspective
Naming the divine exposes a structural tension: language makes the transcendent intelligible only by confining it within humanly constructed measures. Jean-Luc Marion identifies this risk as conceptual idolatry, opposing the conceptual idol to the icon, a sign that directs the gaze beyond itself rather than arresting i...
Sema Ülper Oktar, Fehmi Ünsalan, E. Ünal
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