Hopeful Realism: Reclaiming the Poetry of Theology

What's more, Ottati has already field-tested most of the material. As he explains in the acknowledgments, "The chapters of this book began as lectures at churches, colleges, seminaries and ministers' associations."

Ottati begins with three guiding convictions: theology works with the church's poetry, such as symbols, images and patterns found in Scripture, tradition and life, that clarify life in its true depth and circumstance. ...