Traces of the Trinity

Signs, Sacraments and Sharing God's Life

AvAndrew Robinson

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

A contribution to trinitarian theology, examining the nature of the Trinity and its significance for the Christian through semiotic concepts and methods.Traces of the Trinity is a masterful exploration of Christian theology through the lens of semiotics – the study of signs. Andrew Robinson provides helpful analogies and clear explanations throughout to lead even the non-specialist through the subject with ease.Although the variety of signs is endless, all signs and sign-interpretations have the same basic, underlying structure: sign, object and interpretation. Further, this triad rests upon the existence of three ‘elemental grounds’: Quality, Otherness and Mediation. According to Robinson’s highly original thesis, in the structure of signs we can see vestiges of the powerful, threefold dynamic of the Trinity in creation. He proceeds to develop a highly original ‘semiotic model’ of the Trinity, illuminating and integrating key areas of Christian thought: creation, incarnation, and atonement; the roles of baptism and the Eucharist; the nature of the church and the basis of participation in the divine life. Traces of the Trinity makes belief in the Trinity relevant to ordinary, everyday experience, and challenges the church to recognize the implications for its calling to be transformative, truthful, and inclusive.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-08-28
Mått:156 x 234 x 10 mm
Vikt:278 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:James Clarke and Co Ltd
Antal sidor:190
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9780227174432

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Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Dr Andrew Robinson is Honorary University Fellow in Theology at the University of Exeter. He is the author of 'God and the World of Signs: Trinity, Evolution and the Metaphysical Semiotics of C.S. Peirce.' and editor of 'Darwinism and Natural Theology: Evolving Perspectives.' In 2011 he was elected to membership of the International Society for Science and Religion in recognition of his work on the application of semiotics to Christian theology. In parallel with his theological work he continues to practice medicine in Newton Abbot, Devon.

Recensioner i media

Once in a decade, at most, one encounters a fundamentally new and exciting way of conceiving the Trinity. 'Traces of the Trinity' is such a work. Even rarer are trinitarian theologies that arise out of cutting edge science (in this case, biosemiotics). Scientists, philosophers, and theologians will recognize the immensely rich interweaving of ideas that Robinson accomplishes here. But you won't need a PhD to feel the spiritual tug of this vision . . . of vestigial marks written into the very structure of Creation.

Innehållsförteckning

FiguresAcknowledgementsKey Terms and Biblical QuotationsPrefacePart I: The Trinity and The Structure of Signs1. “You See a Cloud Rising”2. Quality, Otherness and Mediation3. The Dance of Meaning4. The Colour of Love5. Three Kinds of RelationPart II: Sharing God’s Life6. Partakers of the Divine Nature7. Holding the Baby8. The Joy of Scapegoating9. Holy, Catholic and ApostolicPart III: The Mystery of Existence10. Fingerprints of the Trinity11. Life in the Semiotic Matrix12. What God is Not13. Distinct but InseparableSummaryMeditationsGlossarySelect BibliographyIndex