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Semiotics
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1. The termToday the term
semiotics (from Greek
sēmeíon, “sign”) denotes the science of signs and their meaning. Reflections on the nature of signs have a long history. Augustine, for example, distinguished between “natural” signs such as the footprint of an animal and “intentional” signs with communicative character such as words (
De doctrina christiana 2.1.1). Such reflections were given special emphasis in the Renaissance in connection with the question of natural signs.Philippe Hamou2. Renaissance: natural signs, signaturesDespite the Christian condemnation of
curi…
Date:
2021-08-02
Convert
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1. Definition and recent researchA convert is a man or woman who has undergone conversion, that is, a change of religion or denominational affiliation. In the history of conversion, individual converts play a significant role, because both the individual processes of conversion and their representation in conversion narratives (collected and published with particular frequency in Catholicism) constitute one element of religious and especially confessional conflict. This is clear from extensive collections of conversion stories such as Andreas Räß’s 13-volume
Die Con…
Date:
2019-10-14
