A New Apophaticism

Augustine and the Redemption of Signs
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-25771-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

Reihe: Studies in Systematic Theology

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ticciati, Susannah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Fundamentaltheologie, Dogmatik, Christologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments. vii
Abbreviations. ix
Note on Translations and Conventions. xi
Key Texts from De dono perseuerantiae. xiii

Introduction. 1

1 Contemporary Apophaticism. 23

PART ONE
TRANSFORMATION

2 Augustine’s Doctrine of Predestination: The Contours. 55

3 Augustine’s Doctrine of Predestination: A Performative Analysis. 73

4 Augustine’s Doctrine of Predestination: An Indexical Analysis. 105

PART TWO
SIGNIFICATION

5 Creatures as Signs of God. 137

6 The Transformation of Semiosis. 175

PART THREE
TRANSFORMING SIGNS

7 Augustine’s Doctrine of Predestination: A Semiotic Analysis. 199

8 God-Language. 217

Bibliography. 247
Index. 253

Über Autor(innen)

Susannah Ticciati is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at King’s College London.