Thought-sign-symbol : cross-cultural representations of religion / Monika Kopytowska, Artur Gałkowski, Massimo Leone (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kopytowska, Monika Weronika, 1978- editor.

Series:

Łódź studies in language ; v. 71.

Łodź studies in language ; olume 71

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Signs and symbols--Religious aspects.

Signs and symbols.

Symbolism.

Semiotics--Religious aspects.

Semiotics.

Physical Description:

464 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Peter Lang, [2022]

Summary:

"This unique volume focuses on religion and spirituality, along with rituals, practices and symbols, discussed and analysed from a semiotic perspective. It covers both cognitive and social dimensions of religious practices and beliefs, various aspects of spirituality, multiple forms of representation, as well as spheres of religious beliefs and practices. The volume is an outcome of the Signum-Idea-Verbum-Opus project initiated by Umberto Eco's keynote address during his visit at the University of Lódz in 2015. More theoretical insights and further explorations into contemporary semiosphere can be found in Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Signs, Signification and Communication and Current Perspectives in Semiotics: Texts, Genres and Representations, published by Peter Lang." --Provided by publisher

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Reflections on the Interface of Religion, Culture, and Society: Between the Symbolic and the Embodied / Artur Galkowski

pt. 1 Contextualizing Religion

Semiotics of Religion: A Map / Massimo Leone

Proximizing the Sacred: On Symbols, Rituals, and Distance / Monika Kopytowska

Generation Z and Spirituality in the Age of COVID-19: An Emerging New Terrain? / Myna German

pt. 2 Interpreting the Symbolic

Transformations of a Religious Symbol and the Problem of Cultural Autocommunication / Malgorzata Jankowska

What Did Jesus Want to Say by Washing His Disciples Feet? / Anna Wierzbicka

Proximizing Speaker Authority in Sermons: The Use of Metaphor and Metonymy by a Kenyan CPG Preacher / Helga Schroder

Sign Language in the Holy Quran. A Semiotic Interpretation of Surat Al-Hujurat / Ibrahim A. El-Hussari

pt. 3 Depicting Sanctity

An Approach Toward the Signs of the Christian Saints. Cultu(R)al, Anthropological, Linguistic, Artistic, and Social Reflections of the Hagiological Iconography / Enzo Caffarelli

Saint Veronica and the Inventio of a Gesture / Amanda C. Murphy

Visual-Spatial Signifiers of Sanctity in Selected Paintings by Caravaggio / Kamila Ciepiela

Saints in the Service of Polish Nationalism / Teresa Pac

pt. 4 Naming the Sacred

A Semiotic Perspective on the Presence of Clergy in Romanian Hodonymy / Oliviu Felecan

The Pragmatics of Geographical Markers in Church Names / Osei Yaw Akoto

Names of Synagogues in Poland: Onomastic Judaica Rooted in Cultural Memory / Artur Gaikowski

pt. 5 Representing Identity and Culture

Spoken Vernacular as Revealed Scripture: Evliya Celebi on the History of the Languages of the World / Michiel Leezenberg

"C'e un guadagno per l'uomo / In tutto lo sforzo suo che fa / Penando sotto il sole?" (Qo 1, 2

3). Guido Ceronetti and the Italian Translations of Ecclesiastes / Chiara Orefice

The Raven Breaks the Vessels: Reclaimed Traditions and Cultural Interplay in Mordecai Richler's Solomon Gursky Was Here / Krzysztof Majer.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

3631844972

9783631844977

OCLC:

1330196226

Publisher Number:

99992953543