@book{77340aa54e754a4dada544fb5122df52,
title = "A New Apophaticism: Augustine and the Redemption of Signs",
abstract = "In A New Apophaticism Susannah Ticciati draws on Augustine to develop an apophatic theology for the twenty-first century. Shifting the focus away from the potential and failure of words to say something about God, the book suggests that the purpose of God-language is to transform human beings in their relationship with God. Augustine's doctrine of predestination is read, with the help of speech-act theory and indexical studies, for its power to effect redemptive change; and his De doctrina christiana is drawn upon for its semiotics. Together they make way for the hypothesis that God-language transforms human beings into better signs of God.",
keywords = "Apophaticism, Augustine, signs, Language, semiotics, doctrine, predestination, speech-act, indexicals, Austin, Peirce, Deely, Herbert",
author = "Susannah Ticciati",
year = "2013",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789004257719",
volume = "14",
series = "Studies in Systematic Theology",
publisher = "Brill",
}