anagogy
- noun
- /ˌænəˈɡɑːdʒi/
- Literature
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anagogía
- Many theologians explore areas like anagogy to find deeper insights in scripture.
Examples
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When four levels of analysis are used, they follow a sequence of ascent from the historical (or literal) to the allegorical, the tropological (sometimes called the moral), and finally the anagogical (this anagogy not being the same as the anagogy of Pseudo-Dionysian thought).
Academic text (2011) -
In terms of symbolic theology, the Church needs to be unveiled or interpreted by allegory, anagogy, and tropology.
Academic text (2002) -
When four levels of analysis are used, they follow a sequence of ascent from the historical (or literal) to the allegorical, the tropological (sometimes called the moral), and finally the anagogical (this anagogy not being the same as the anagogy of Pseudo-Dionysian thought).
Academic text (2011) -
The concept of anagogy reveals spiritual truths that are often hidden beneath the surface of religious texts.
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In her lecture, she discussed how anagogy offers a pathway to understanding the divine within scripture.
Synonyms
A way of reading a religious text that finds a deeper spiritual meaning
How Spiritual
Surface Forms
Morphology
anagogy = ana + agog + y
Although analyzable as ana- + agog- + -y, the theological senses (spiritual ascent or mystical interpretation) are specialized and not transparently inferable by an average B1 learner from the component parts.
Etymology
Anagogy comes from the Greek parts ana- 'up' and agogē 'a leading', like the second part in pedagogue which means a leader or teacher. So anagogy is a 'leading up' of meaning — a way of reading a text that finds deeper, spiritual messages.