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Religious conversion and identity : the semiotic analysis of texts / Massimo Leone.

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"The author traces the paradigm of conversion and identity in relation to the spiritual turning points of three protagonists of Christianity: Saint Augustine, whose mainly intellectual conversion is studied through the analysis of the symbol of the fig tree; the Magdalene, whose emotional turni...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Leone, Massimo, 1975-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Series:Routledge studies in religion ; 3.
Subjects:
Conversion > Christianity > History.
Identification (Religion) > History.
Christian converts > Biography > History and criticism.
Christian converts > Biography.
Conversion > Christianity.
Identification (Religion)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Vertigos and lies
  • 1. The destabilization of the self
  • Comparing fiction and reality: some epistemological notes
  • Preaching and conversion after the Council of Trent
  • The mute word: cultural obstacles between preaching and conversion
  • The eloquent icon: sermons of images and images of sermons in early-modern Catholic evangelization
  • 2. The crisis of the self
  • Conversion and treason
  • Conversion and controversy
  • Conclusion
  • 3. The re-stabilization of the self
  • Introduction
  • The conversion of ideas: the fig tree
  • The conversion of passions: the mirrors and the ointment
  • The conversion of actions: the horse.

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