RT Article
T1 Theology and Literature
JF The journal of Eastern Christian studies
VO 69
IS 1/4
SP 79
OP 123
A1 Kalaïtzidēs, Pantelēs 1961-
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1639613757
AB In our rapidly changing post-Hellenistic and post-Christian world, in which the mediating role of ontology has become far from self-evident, the question of which discipline can assume the role of mediation between theology and secular thought has become crucial. The present paper, taking as its point of departure the work of the Romanian writer and monk Nicolae Steinhardt (1912-1989), suggests that modern literature is well equipped to play this role. Advocating a non-theological understanding of universality, literature is likely to provide theology with contextual schemes that might help the latter communicate its message in a postmodern world and thereby cease to address current issues by using an outdated and self-referential language.