God in the Labyrinth: A Semiotic Approach to Christian Theology
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
In God in the Labyrinth, Andrew Hollingsworth uses Umberto Eco’s semiotic concept of the model encyclopedia as the basis for a new model and approach to systematic theology. Following an in-depth analysis of the model encyclopedia in Eco’s semiotics, he demonstrates the implications this model has for epistemology, hermeneutics, and doctrinal development. This work aims to bridge the unfortunate gap in research that exists between the fields of systematic theology and semiotics by demonstrating semiotic insights for theological method.
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“I am impressed by Dr. Hollingworth’s genuinely
multidisciplinary study. He not only examines Umberto Eco’s
semiotics with its careful work on codes, interconnected codes, and
the limits of interpretation, but also its implications for
theology, hermeneutics, and epistemology. He discusses the
development of doctrine in the light of creeds, a dispositional
account of belief, and Eco’s distinction between the models of the
dictionary and encyclopedia. I warmly commend this book as
well-informed and creative.”
—Anthony C. Thiselton, Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology,
Universities of Nottingham and Chester, UK
“It is exciting to see fresh work in the field of systematic
theology that stimulates deeper reflection on method and approach.
Dr. Hollingsworth’s dialectic between theology and the semiotics of
Umberto Eco provides a fruitful and insightful way forward. Take
and read!”
—Heath A. Thomas, Professor of Old Testament, Oklahoma Baptist
University
“Umberto Eco was a creative and pivotal thinker whose wide-ranging
work has for too long been underappreciated by Evangelicals. I
don’t know any scholar, old or young, mainline or Evangelical, that
has studied the semiotics of Eco with a mind to theological method
as closely as Andrew Hollingsworth has. In God in the
Labyrinth Hollingsworth lays out for us a fresh and provocative
thesis that deserves to be taken very seriously. I heartily
recommend this book to you.”
—Robert B. Stewart, Professor of Philosophy and Theology, New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
“Hollingsworth’s God in the Labyrinth is a brilliant,
refreshingly original work in theological method that engages with
an overlooked or ignored field in philosophy that could have
tremendous potential for biblical interpretation and Christian
theology. Readers looking for a helpful overview of semiotics and
its Christian application will be greatly pleased with this
interdisciplinary effort.”
—Rhyne Putman, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture, New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
Product Details
- Title : God in the Labyrinth: A Semiotic Approach to Christian Theology
- Author: Hollingsworth, Andrew
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN: 9781532679865
Andrew Hollingsworth is adjunct professor of theology and
philosophy at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is
editor and contributor of Theology for the Future: The Enduring
Promise of Wolfhart Pannenberg (forthcoming).