Sign, Method and the Sacred : : New Directions in Semiotic Methodologies for the Study of Religion /

Sign, Method and the Sacred : : New Directions in Semiotic Methodologies for the Study of Religion / / ed. by Jason Cronbach Van Boom, Thomas-Andreas Põder.

To what extent can semiotics illuminate key problems in religious studies, given the centrality of symbols, language, and other modes of signification in religion and theology? The volume explores semiotic methodologies for the study of religion, with an emphasis on their critical and creative recon...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
MitwirkendeR:
Almalech, Mony,
Cummins, Fred,
Galofaro, Francesco,
Gramigna, Remo,
Janowitz, Naomi,
Leone, Massimo,
Oda, Takaharu,
Olteanu, Alin,
Padoan, Tatsuma,
Piluso, Francesco,
Ponzo, Jenny,
Põder, Thomas-Andreas,
Raposa, Michael L.,
Van Boom, Jason Cronbach,
HerausgeberIn:
Põder, Thomas-Andreas,
Van Boom, Jason Cronbach,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion , 64
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • Table of Contents
  • Introducing new directions in semiotic methodologies for the study of religion
  • PART I: Theoretical perspectives
  • Religion in the semiosphere: Theosemiotics in dialogue with Juri Lotman
  • Reveal and re-veil the sacred: Fetishism and fetishes in religious social discourse and practices
  • Vain repetitions: The role of joint speech in enacting collective subjectivities
  • Theology, metasemiosis and the ethics of attention
  • PART II: Applications: Texts and case studies
  • The semiotics of likeness: Identity, verisimilitude and falsity in Augustine
  • An overlooked episode in the history of semiotics: The iconoclast controversy and its relevance for the iconic turn
  • Semiotics against transubstantiation: Peirce’s reception of Berkeley
  • A Peircean approach to late antique ascent texts
  • On the Semiotics of Space in the Study of Religions: Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Challenges
  • Religion and the semiotization of space: The case of the Madonna del Rocciamelone
  • Colors as a semiotic tool for Bible analysis
  • Form and force of the sacred: A semiotic study of the temptations of Saint Anthony
  • Authors and editors biographies
  • Index

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