Changing Signs of Truth – A Christian Introduction to the Semiotics of Communication
Inter-Varsity Press,US (Verlag)
978-0-8308-3966-7 (ISBN)
What signals are you sending when you share the gospel?
The importance of signs for communicating truth has been recognized throughout the ages. Crystal L. Downing traces this awareness from biblical texts, through figures from church history like John Wycliffe and William Tyndale, to more recent writers Samuel Taylor Coleridge and C. S. Lewis.
In the nineteenth century, this legacy of interest in the activity of signs brought about a new field of academic study. In this book, Downing puts the discipline of semiotics within reach for beginners through analysis of the movement?s key theorists, Ferdinand de Saussure, Charles Sanders Peirce, Mikhail Bakhtin and others. She then draws out the implications for effective communication of the gospel of Jesus Christ within our shifting cultural landscape. Her fundamental thesis is that "Failure to understand how signs work--as effects of the cultures we seek to affect--inevitably undermines not just our political and moral agendas but, worse, the gospel of Jesus Christ."
Writing with humor, clarity and flare, Downing lucidly explains the sophisticated thinking of leaders in semiotics for nonexperts. Of value to all those interested in communication in any context, this work will be of special interest to students majoring in communications or English or to students in evangelism and preaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Crystal L. Downing, distinguished professor of English and film studies at Messiah College, has published widely on the relationship between Christianity and culture. She is the author of Writing Performances: The Stages of Dorothy L. Sayers and How Postmodernism Serves (My) Faith.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Signs of this Book
Preface to the Problem - Christ, Culture and Communication
Introduction to the Solution - (Re)signing Truth
Part I: Signs of Christ and Culture
1. Signs of the Times: On the Edge of Cultural Change
2. Signs of God?s Word: Following Jesus
Part II: How Signs Work
3. Identifying Signs: From Rhetoric to Semiotic
4. Under Signs: Structuralism
5. Controlling Signs: Ideology and Cultural Studies
Part III: Changing Signs of Faith
6. Signs of Deconstruction: Maintaining the House of Faith
7. A Place for the Coin: Charles Sanders Peirce
8. Placing the Coin on Edge: Trinitarian Signs
Part IV: Communication in a Pluralistic World
9. Si(g)ns of Communication: (In)tolerance versus the Gift
10. Antiseptic Bakhtin: Healing Signs of the Body
11. Communication on the Edge: A Conclusion
Name and Subject Index
Scripture Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.6.2012 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Illinois |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 572 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8308-3966-6 / 0830839666 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8308-3966-7 / 9780830839667 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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