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ke·no·sis  (k-nss)
n. Christianity
The relinquishment of the form of God by Jesus in becoming man and suffering death.
[Late Greek kensis, from Greek, an emptying, from kenoun, to empty, from kenos, empty.]
ke·notic (-ntk) adj.
kenosis [kɪˈnəʊsɪs]
n
(Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity Christ's voluntary renunciation of certain divine attributes, in order to identify himself with mankind (Philippians 2:6-7)
[from Greek: an emptying, from kenoun to empty from kenos empty]
kenotic  [kɪˈnɒtɪk] adj & n
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Incapable of naming the event and its players, post-Holocaust Jewish and Christian thought did not lapse into a kenotic undoing.
The Scandal Of Particularity by Rashkover, Randi / Cross Currents
A number of workers in the recent science-theology dialogue have argued for kenotic understandings of divine action.
Divine action and divine purpose by Murphy, George L. / Currents in Theology and Mission
It's a learned literary-theological study that suggests not only do the great Russian's novels have a kenotic dimension (kenosis, roughly, is the spiritual emptying of one's will to become receptive to God) but also stresses what Russian Christianity inherited from the apophatic tradition (apophasis, roughly, is an inductive technique used by eastern Christians to demonstrate God's existence).
Cross purposes by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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