God in the Labyrinth: A Semiotic Approach to Christian Theology

by Andrew Hollingsworth

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781532679865
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	10/11/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	190
File size:	870 KB

About the Author

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).

What People are Saying About This

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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

Editorial Reviews

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

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