God and the World of Signs: Trinity, Evolution, and the Metaphysical Semiotics of C.S. Peirce

ROBINSON, Andrew

ISBN 10: 9004187995 / ISBN 13: 9789004187993

Published by Brill, Leiden, 2010

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Octavo. 6.25 x 9.5 in. 381 pp. Fine in original pictorial paper-covered boards.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: God and the World of Signs: Trinity, Evolution, and the Metaphysical Semiotics of C.S. Peirce
• Publisher: Brill, Leiden
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004187995
• ISBN 13: 9789004187993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religion
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

Christianity has been described as “a religion seeking a metaphysic”. Drawing on the philosophy of C. S. Peirce, Robinson develops a metaphysical framework centred around a ‘semiotic model’ of the Trinity. The model invites a fresh approach to the claim that Jesus was the incarnate Word of God and suggests a new way of understanding how nature may bear the imprint of the Triune Creator in the form of ‘vestiges of the Trinity in creation’. Scientific spin-offs include a new perspective on the problem of the origin of life and a novel hypothesis about the evolution of human distinctiveness. The result is an original contribution to Trinitarian theology and a bold new way of integrating philosophy, science and religion.

About the Author

Andrew Robinson is Honorary University Fellow in Theology at the University of Exeter. He took a degree in Physiology (BSc, Bristol, 1985) before qualifying in Medicine (MB ChB 1988) and subsequently undertaking doctoral research in Theology (PhD, Exeter, 2003).