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(Rdigion as Poetry Rdiaion Poetry as ANDREW M. GREEIY O Routledge S^^ Taylor & Francis Group LONDON AND NEW YORK First published 1995 by Transaction Publishers Published 2017 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 1995 by Taylor & Francis. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 94-16035 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Greeley, Andrew M., 1928– Religion as poetry / Andrew Greeley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56000-183-6 1. Religion and sociology. 2. Storytelling—Religious aspects. 3. Secularization (Theology). I. Title. BL60.G725 1994 306.6—dc20 94-16035 CIP ISBN 13: 978-1-56000-899-6 (pbk) ISBN 13: 978-1-56000-183-6 (hbk) For Jim Coleman Religion is poetry which intervenes in life. Poetry is religion which supervenes on life. —Santayana I must go where all ladders start The foul rag and bone shop of my heart —Yeats Contents Foreword ix Acknowledgments xiii Prelude xv 1. Introduction 1 2. Social Science Theories of Religion 5 3. Religion as Poetry 23 4. The Faith We Have Lost 57 5. The Persistence of Religion 83 6. Testing the Links 111 7. Different Poetry for Different People 123 8. The Pragmatics of Prayer 157 9. Religious Stories and Political Stories 179 10. Religious Stories and the Environment 191 11. Religious Stories and AIDS 205 12. Religious Stories and Contact with the Dead 217 13. A Story of Two Religious Imaginations 229 14. The Development of a Religious Story 257 15. Conclusion 263 References 271 Index 277
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