A new apophaticism : Augustine and the redemption of signs /
In A New Apophaticism Susannah Ticciati draws on Augustine to develop an apophatic theology for the twenty-first century. Shifting the focus away from the potential and failure of words to say something about God, the book suggests that the purpose of God-language is to transform human beings in the...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
Series:
Studies in Systematic Theology
14.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262492.
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Call Number: BR65.A9 T53 2013
| Summary: | In A New Apophaticism Susannah Ticciati draws on Augustine to develop an apophatic theology for the twenty-first century. Shifting the focus away from the potential and failure of words to say something about God, the book suggests that the purpose of God-language is to transform human beings in their relationship with God. Augustine's doctrine of predestination is read, with the help of speech-act theory and the study of indexicals, for its power to effect redemptive change; and his De doctrina christiana is drawn upon for its semiotics. Together they make way for the hypothesis that God-language transforms human beings into better signs of God. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 259 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004258143 |
| ISSN: | 1876-1518 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |