Woman as God, God as woman : mysticism, negative theology and luce irigarary

Abstract

Many religious writers have pointed to the connections between Derridean deconstruction and negative theology. As Roger Williams notes, "in spite of Derrida's disclaimers, it has proved very hard for religious writers not to read the language of trace and difference as a negative theology". There has been less scholarly interest, however in the connections between negative theology and the work of postmodern feminists on the alterity of woman.