i was surfing the web today and ran across a great post on apophatic theology by phil johnson (not of acclaimed “pyromania” fame). in it he seems to give a great understanding on the difference in eastern and western approaches to theology. this is one of the harder parts of dialogue between the west and east, partly because of different paradigms, as well as different definitions. anywho, read the article and post your thoughts…
http://circleofpneuma.blogspot.com/2005/06/apophatic-tradition.html