Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: From the Presence to the Sign 1
5. 1. Seductive Epistemology: Thinking with Assent 33
6. 2. Reading Rites: Sacraments and the Community of Signs 71
7. 3. Because Being Here Is So Much: Ethics as the Artifice of Attention 101
8. 4. Prayer: Addressing the Name 141
9. 5. Take and Read: Scripture and the Enticement of Meaning 169
10. In Place of a Conclusion: Thoughts on a Prior Possible 205
11. Notes 219
12. Bibliography 281
13. Index 301