Poetry and Apocalypse: Theological Disclosures of Poetic Language

Here, Franke Seeks To Find The Premises For Dialogue Between Cultures, Especially Religious Fundamentalisms And Modern Western Secularism. He Argues That In Order To Be Genuinely Open, Dialogue Needs To Accept Possibilities Such As Religious Apocalypse In Ways That Can Be Best Understood Through The Experience Of Poetry. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I -- I. Apocalypse And The Breaking-open Of Dialogue: A Critical Negative Theology Of Poetic Language -- Part 2 -- Ii. Linguistic Repetition As Theological Revelation In Christian Epic Tradition From Dante To Joyce -- Iii. Typological Re-origination And The Theological Vocation Of Poetry; Or, How To Read Finnegans Wake As The Culmination Of Christian Epic -- Iv. On The Possibility Of A Poetics Of Revelation Today: From Apocalyptic Theology To Postmodern Negative Theology -- Post-apocalypse -- Index Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English