God is Freedom: Topics in Fundamental Theology of Mystical-Ontological Inspiration

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https://doi.org/10.7213/2175-1838.18.e2633134

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Deus é liberdade, Teologia fundamental, Mística, Ontologia da doação, Trindade.

Abstract

Starting from the thesis that “God is freedom,” this article develops a fundamental theology of mystical-speculative character, in dialogue with Heidegger’s ontology of transcendence and Meister Eckhart’s Trinitarian mysticism. It argues that freedom is not a subjective faculty but an ontological structure of gift: an ecstasy that grounds being, the Trinity, and relationality. Through the method of philosophical-theological hermeneutics, concepts such as Gelassenheit, dispossession, and bullitio are reinterpreted as expressions of a metaphysics of donation. The text proposes a theology of ecstasy, in which God is revealed as an event of self-donation and the human as the image of this receptive freedom. In a time marked by the collapse of substantialist models, this speculative approach seeks to think God from His manifestation as silent gift, transforming thought into listening and theology into a spiritual path.

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Author Biography

Fernando Rodrigues, Instituto Federal de São Paulo

Graduated in Philosophy (UEL, 2004), Master’s in Philosophy (UFPR, 2007), and PhD in Philosophy (Unicamp/Albert-Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Germany, 2014). Postdoctoral Research in Philosophy at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM, 2021). Specialist in Phenomenological Psychopathology from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Santa Casa de São Paulo (2020). Permanent faculty member at the Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of São Paulo – IFSP, since 2014.

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2026-04-15

How to Cite

Rodrigues, F. (2026). God is Freedom: Topics in Fundamental Theology of Mystical-Ontological Inspiration. Pistis Praxis, 18, e2633134. https://doi.org/10.7213/2175-1838.18.e2633134

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