Literature in the intelligence of faith Theology in dialogue with literature

Abstract

This paper offers a detailed analysis of three ways in which theology and literature relate to one another: (1) literary anthropology, in which an interesting image of human beings emerges from literary texts; (2) a critical view of society and culture that confronts us with the way in which we have chosen to inhabit the world; and (3) a kind of theopoetic theology, in which the literary form itself enables a unique proclamation of the divine mystery. These three types of investigation are explored in order to strengthen the dialogue between theology and literature.