A New Apophaticism: Augustine and the Redemption of Signs

By Susannah Ticciati

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004290532
• ISBN13: 9789004290532
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"