Nature's Religion (Paperback)

In the wake of both the semiotic and the psychoanalytic revolutions, how is it possible to describe the object of religious worship in realist terms? Semioticians argue that each object is known only insofar as it gives birth to a series of signs and interpretants (new signs). From the psychoanalytic side, religious beliefs are seen to belong to transference energies and projections that contaminate the religious object with all-too-human complexes. In Nature's Religion, distinguished theologian and philosopher Robert S. Corrington weaves together the concept of infinite semiosis with that of the transference to show that the self does have access to something in nature that is intrinsically religious. Corrington argues that signs and our various transference fields can and do connect us with fully natural religious powers that are not of our own making, thereby opening up a path past the Western monotheisms to a capacious religion of nature. With a foreword by Robert C. Neville, Nature's Religion is essential reading for philosophers of religion, scholars of the psychology of religion, and theologians.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1997
First published:	October 1997
Authors:	Robert S Corrington
Foreword by:	Robert Neville
Dimensions:	227 x 149 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-8476-8750-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Semiology Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > Philosophy of religion > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > Philosophy of religion > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8476-8750-3
Barcode:	9780847687503

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