A new apophaticism : Augustine and the redemption of signs /

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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Main Author: Ticciati, Susannah.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: 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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Augustine, > Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Negative theology > Christianity > History of doctrines.

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Call Number: BR65.A9 T53 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Contemporary Apophaticism
  • Augustine's Doctrine of Predestination: The Contours
  • Augustine's Doctrine of Predestination: A Performative Analysis
  • Augustine's Doctrine of Predestination: An Indexical Analysis
  • Creatures as Signs of God
  • The Transformation of Semiosis
  • Augustine's Doctrine of Predestination: A Semiotic Analysis
  • God-Language
  • Bibliography
  • Index.