Metafoor, teologie, verbeelding: ’n Postmoderne beskouing

Metaphor, theology, imagination: A postmodern perspectiveThe quintessence of the hypothesis stated in this article is the coexistence between and symbiotic interrelationship of metaphors, contemporary theology and the imagination. This interrelation should be regarded as a postmodern phenomenon, and should be interpreted accordingly. The anti-atomistic, anti-modernistic and non-doctrinal nature of the above constitutes the hypothesis. Any theology which disregards this perspective will progressively be identified as a fatal and selfdestructive hermeneutical activity, by the postmodern condition itself. This hypothesis has far-reaching implications for contemporary theological reflection, which are stipulated by means of an interpretive conclusion