Date of Award
1-1-2017
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
Joint Ph.D. Program in Study of Religion
First Advisor
Jere Surber, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Frederique Chevillot, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
Edward Antonio
Fourth Advisor
Thomas Nail
Keywords
Cultural Studies, Kristeva, Lacan, Martin Luther King, Revolution, Signifiance
Abstract
This dissertation applies Julia Kristeva's theory of revolution in the practice of signifiance to religious discourse. In particular, it argues that the salient features of signifiance are present and active in religious speech as well as poetic language, the subject of Kristeva's doctoral thesis Revolution in Poetic Language. Signifiance describes the process in which meaning is produced in linguistic utterance, and its intentional practice is subversive not only in terms of language but culture in general.
Publication Statement
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Rights Holder
Timothy O. Inman
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
en
File Size
195 p.
Recommended Citation
Inman, Timothy O., ""Revolution in Religious Language": The Relevance of Julia Kristeva's Theory of 'Signifiance' for Theology" (2017). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1270.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1270
Copyright date
2017
Discipline
Theology, Religion, Linguistics