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Autore |
Ticciati Susannah |
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Titolo |
A new apophaticism : Augustine and the redemption of signs / / by Susannah Ticciati |
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Leiden [Netherlands] : , : Brill, , 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in systematic theology, , 1876-1518 ; ; volume 14 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Negative theology - Christianity - History of doctrines |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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part one. Transformation -- part two. Signification -- part 3. Transforming signs. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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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