The Arts communicate in non-linguistic, expressive ways, culturally, and through symbol and metaphor (Wiggans, 2009; Wright, 2003) Wright highlights the non-linguistic nature of artistic expression and communication stating that the Arts «involve expressive and
symbolic modes of thinking, understanding and knowing, and communicate ideas in a unique manner... they enable us to «say» things to each other that can not be expressed in any other way» (Wright, 2003, p. 17).
The role of symbols and
symbolic modes of thinking is intrinsic to Christian discourse as well, but it takes on a different function.
One can not understand Edward Irving's turn to premillennialism, in my view, apart from an effort to interpret the world in light of Coleridge's use of
symbolic modes of thinking.
Not exact matches
The separation
of the two pure
modes would then allow for focusing upon the actuality
of this experience in the pure
mode of causal efficacy rather than on the projected referents as we do in the normal
thought processes
of symbolic reference.
The manner in which religious consciousness expresses its intimation
of such an ultimate context
of meaning is primarily through
symbolic and mythic
modes of thought and language which differ from culture to culture.