On the Semiotics of Space in the Study of Religions: Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Challenges

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Preface VII
4. Table of Contents XI
5. Introducing new directions in semiotic methodologies for the study of religion 1
6. PART I: Theoretical perspectives
7. Religion in the semiosphere: Theosemiotics in dialogue with Juri Lotman 29
8. Reveal and re-veil the sacred: Fetishism and fetishes in religious social discourse and practices 53
9. Vain repetitions: The role of joint speech in enacting collective subjectivities 73
10. Theology, metasemiosis and the ethics of attention 87
11. PART II: Applications: Texts and case studies
12. The semiotics of likeness: Identity, verisimilitude and falsity in Augustine 107
13. An overlooked episode in the history of semiotics: The iconoclast controversy and its relevance for the iconic turn 125
14. Semiotics against transubstantiation: Peirce’s reception of Berkeley 147
15. A Peircean approach to late antique ascent texts 171
16. On the Semiotics of Space in the Study of Religions: Theoretical Perspectives and Methodological Challenges 189
17. Religion and the semiotization of space: The case of the Madonna del Rocciamelone 215
18. Colors as a semiotic tool for Bible analysis 243
19. Form and force of the sacred: A semiotic study of the temptations of Saint Anthony 267
20. Authors and editors biographies 299
21. Index 303