Sign, Method and the Sacred: New Directions in Semiotic Methodologies for the Study of Religion

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Sign, Method and the Sacred

New Directions in Semiotic Methodologies for the Study of Religion

Edited by: Jason Cronbach Van Boom and Thomas-Andreas Põder

Volume 5 in the series Semiotics of Religion

Volume 64 in the series Religion and Reason

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110694925

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About this book

To what extent can semiotics illuminate key problems in religious studies, given the centrality of symbols, language, and other modes of signification in religion and theology?

The volume explores semiotic methodologies for the study of religion, with an emphasis on their critical and creative reconfigurations. The contributors come from different specialties, such as cognitive science, ethnography, linguistics, communication studies, art studies, religious studies, philosophy of religion, and theology. Part One consists of chapters focusing on theoretical perspectives. Part two focuses on applications in texts and case studies while still considering methodological issues. Many specific traditions and perspectives are taken up, such as C. S. Peirce, A. J. Greimas and the Paris School, Juri Lotman’s semiotics of culture, Bruno Latour and material semiotics, linguistic anthropology, social semiotics, cognitive semiotics, embodied and enactive perspectives on language and mind, semiotics of the image and iconicity, multimodality, intertextuality, and semiotics of colors.

The book provides readers with a succinct overview of how contemporary semiotics can be useful in understanding a broad array of topics in the study of religion.

Author / Editor information

Jason C. Van Boom, Irkutsk State University, Russia and Thomas-Andreas Põder, University of Tartu, Estonia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface Jason Cronbach Van Boom Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Introducing new directions in semiotic methodologies for the study of religion Thomas-Andreas Põder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I: Theoretical perspectives
Religion in the semiosphere: Theosemiotics in dialogue with Juri Lotman Thomas-Andreas Põder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Reveal and re-veil the sacred: Fetishism and fetishes in religious social discourse and practices Francesco Piluso Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Vain repetitions: The role of joint speech in enacting collective subjectivities Fred Cummins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Theology, metasemiosis and the ethics of attention Michael L. Raposa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
PART II: Applications: Texts and case studies
The semiotics of likeness: Identity, verisimilitude and falsity in Augustine Remo Gramigna Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
An overlooked episode in the history of semiotics: The iconoclast controversy and its relevance for the iconic turn Alin Olteanu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Semiotics against transubstantiation: Peirce’s reception of Berkeley Takaharu Oda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
A Peircean approach to late antique ascent texts Naomi Janowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
On the Semiotics of Space in the Study of Religions: Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Challenges Tatsuma Padoan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Religion and the semiotization of space: The case of the Madonna del Rocciamelone Jenny Ponzo and Francesco Galofaro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Colors as a semiotic tool for Bible analysis Mony Almalech Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Form and force of the sacred: A semiotic study of the temptations of Saint Anthony Massimo Leone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
Authors and editors biographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars and students of religious studies, theology, philosophy, semiotics, cultural studies, anthropology, linguistics
Pages
- Front matter: 12
- Main content: 320
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 5
- Coloured Illustrations: 8
Keywords: Religion; semiotics; pragmatism; theology

eBook

Published: August 23, 2021
ISBN: 9783110694925

Hardcover

Published: August 23, 2021
ISBN: 9783110694727