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RESEARCH PRODUCT
TRANSFORMING THEOLOGICAL SYMBOLS
F. Leron Shultssubject
Cultural StudiesPhilosophymedia_common.quotation_subjectReligious studiesMetaphysicsContext (language use)EducationEpistemologySymbolTransformative learningIncarnationChristian theologySemioticsPhilosophical theologyTheologymedia_commondescription
. In this essay I explore the need for transforming the Christian theological symbols of the Trinity, Incarnation, and Redemption, which arose in the context of neo-Platonic metaphysics, in light of late modern, especially Peircean, metaphysics and categories. I engage and attempt to complement the proposal by Andrew Robinson and Christopher Southgate (in this issue of Zygon) with insights from the Peircean-inspired philosophical theology of Robert Neville. I argue that their proposal can be strengthened by acknowledging the way in which theological symbols themselves have a transformative (pragmatic) effect as they are “taken” in context and “break” on the Infinite.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-08-04 | Zygon® |