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

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boom, Jason Cronbach Van.
Contributor:
Põder, Thomas-Andreas.
Walter de Gruyter & Co.
Series:
Religion and Reason Ser.
Religion and Reason Ser. ; v.64
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Semiotics--Religious aspects.
Semiotics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (332 pages).
Place of Publication:
Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2021.
System Details:
text file
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
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.
Other Format:
Print version: Van Boom, Jason Cronbach Sign, Method and the Sacred
ISBN:
9783110694925
3110694921
Publisher Number:
40030703605
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