The Force of Analogy

Authors

Robert Masson, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

16 p.

Publication Date

6-1-2005

Publisher

Corporation of the Anglican Theological Review

Source Publication

Anglican Theological Review

Source ISSN

0003-3286

Abstract

The article outlines twenty theses for rethinking the doctrine of analogy in a postmodern context. The pivotal claim is that the paradigmatic and decisive force of analogy is to extend and create new meanings by "forcing" an affirmation of identity that fundamentally alters our fields of meanings. Thus analogy in the case of terms properly predicated of God has to do more with the conceptual moves that create changes in our fields of meanings than with recognizing a "similarity in difference" or a proportion of some sort. The argument draws on Mary Gerhart and Allan Russell's theory of metaphoric process, on David BurrelVs and Gregory Rocca's studies of Aquinas, and Robert Sokolowski's phenomenology of the "Christian distinction.

Comments

Published version. Anglican Theological Review, Vol. 87, No. 3 (June, 2005): 471-486. Publisher link. © 2005 Corporation of the Anglican Theological Review. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Masson, Robert, "The Force of Analogy" (2005). Theology Faculty Research and Publications. 211.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theo_fac/211