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Book Review: Changing Signs of Truth

November 12, 2013 by Bob Trube Leave a Comment

Life on the edge of the coin. That is Crystal L. Downing's image for the communicative task properly understood in Changing Signs of Truth: A Christian Introduction to the Semiotics of Communication  (InterVarsity Press, 2012). We live in the tension (or on the edge) between that which we want to communicate and the one with whom we want to communicate. Downing develops this idea by introducing us to the use of signs in communication--the field of semiotics. Along the way, we meet de Saussure, Gramsci, Peirce, and … [Read more...] about Book Review: Changing Signs of Truth

Filed Under: Book Review/Discussion, Christ and the Academy Tagged With: Changing Signs of Truth: A Christian Introduction to the Semiotics of Communication, Christian truth, communication, Crystal L. Downing, dorothy l. sayers, intervarsity press, post-modern, semiotics, signs

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