Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Tell Us About Who We Are (Abridged)

English summary: In scholastic theory sacraments are signs and can therefore be subjected to semiotic theories that may however come into conflict with traditional notions of the nature and effect of the sacraments. Based on the annotation of Peter Lombard's Sententiae, Ueli Zahnd examines this tussle between the statements made by theological authorities and philosophical insights provided by logic, physics and metaphysics in the late Middle Ages. A particular focus is placed on writers of the …