One of the oldest inquiries of philosophical and theological thought is addressed to the question who or what God is. Negative theology provides a way of answering that question by identifying what God is not. In recent years certain critical trends, such as deconstruction, have resembled features of negative theology in that they cancel the apparent meanings of the written word. Similarly, the Buddhist concept of nothingness has raised questions about the meaning of negation and theism. These trends have caused philosophers and theologians to reconsider negation and theology in new ways, which are explored in this collection.