{"product_id":"theosemiotic-religion-reading-and-the-gift-of-meaning-hardback-9780823289516","title":"Theosemiotic; Religion, Reading, and the Gift of Meaning (Hardback) 9780823289516","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheosemiotic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReligion, Reading, and the Gift of Meaning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael L. Raposa (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823289516\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 October 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm, 0.628 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTheosemiotic\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Raposa uses Charles Peirce's semiotic theory to rethink certain issues in contemporary philosophical theology and the philosophy of religion. He first sketches a history that links Peirce's thought to that of earlier figures (both within the tradition of American religious thought and beyond), as well as to other classical pragmatists and to later thinkers and developments. Drawing on Peirce's ideas, Raposa develops a semiotic conception of persons\/selves emphasizing the role that acts of attention play in shaping human inferences and perception. His central Peircean presuppositions are that all human experience takes the form of semiosis and that the universe is \"perfused\" with signs. Religious meaning emerges out of a process of continually reading and re-reading certain signs.\u003cbr\u003e Theology is explored here in its manifestations as inquiry, therapy, and praxis. By drawing on both Peirce's logic of vagueness and his logic of relations, Raposa makes sense out of how we talk about God as personal, and also how we understand the character of genuine communities. An investigation of what Peirce meant by \"musement\" illuminates the nature and purpose of prayer. Theosemiotic is portrayed as a form of religious naturalism, broadly conceived. At the same time, the potential links between any philosophical theology conceived as theosemiotic and liberation theology are exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e   ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eParenthetical\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e   xv\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eProlegomena\u003c\/b\u003e   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e A Brief History of Theosemiotic   15\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e Signs, Selves, and Semiosis   43\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e Love in a Universe of Chance   75\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e Theology as Inquiry, Therapy, Praxis   107\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e Communities of Interpretation   155\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e Rules for Discernment   192\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e On Prayer and the Spirit of Pragmatism   227\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePostlude\u003c\/b\u003e: The Play of Musement   259\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e   265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   269\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e   301\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580426055960,"sku":"9780823289516","price":82.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/theosemiotic-religion-reading-and-the-gift-of-meaning-hardback-9780823289516","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}