Semiotics of religion : signs of the sacred in history - Yelle, Robert A. (New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2013)
Semiotics beyond structuralism -- The poetics of ritual performance -- natural, arbitrary, and divine languages -- Literalism, iconoclasm, and the question of the secular -- Transformations in poetic performance: The coordination of protestant literalism and print culture -- Arbitrariness, anomaly, and agency: A critique of Mary Douglas' structuralist idea of the holy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Semiotics -- History; Religion -- History; Semiotics -- Religious aspects; Structuralism (literary analysis).; Representation (Philosophy).