Doing Theology with Literature: An Asian Attempt
Literature as a form of expression for human thoughts and emotions is more or less, explicitly or implicitly revealing the circumstance of the particular age or its religious background of the authors. There are numerous great literature in the world, which have come to existence under deep affectio...
| Published in: | Concilium |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2017]
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| In: |
Concilium
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Theology
/ Poetics
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture FA Theology KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B THOUGHT & thinking B Religious Aspects B Hermeneutics |
| Summary: | Literature as a form of expression for human thoughts and emotions is more or less, explicitly or implicitly revealing the circumstance of the particular age or its religious background of the authors. There are numerous great literature in the world, which have come to existence under deep affection of different religions. The discourse of 'theopoetics' in general and particularly in relationship with the interpretation of Scripture and theological reflection is still a very recent development of the intersection between esthetics and rationality. It puts theology in dialogue with all forms of aesthetics: art, literature, music etc. Theopoetics suggests that instead of traditional systematic theology that trying to perceive the nature of God through scientific theories, it is more accurate for theologians to talk about God through poetic articulation. Different approaches have been taken to engage theology and literature, It is however, most of these approaches are still taking literature as s subject foreign to theology. The principle of doing theology with Asian resources is in some degree to implicitly illustrate the theological conviction of many Asian theologians that 'Identity determines theological resources'. Cultural resources are generated through people's struggling with their surrounding world throughout their histories. Arts, poems and literature are thus, no longer considered as only an instrumental role to enhance Biblical hermeneutics and theological discourses, but are a step further being taken as resources of theology. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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