Imagination and the Playfulness of God

The human imagination is a reflection of and a participation in the divine imagination; so mused the romantic poet, philosopher and theologian Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His thinking was intuitive, dense, obscure, brilliant, and deeply influenced by German philosophy. This book explores the development of his philosophical theology with particular reference to the imagination, examining the diverse streams that contributed to the originality of his thought. The second section of this book extrapolates his thinking into areas into which Coleridge did not venture. If God is intrinsically imaginative, then how is this manifested? Can we articulate a theology of the ontology of God that is framed in imaginative and creative terms? Drawing on the groundbreaking work of Huizinga on 'play, ' this study seeks to develop a theological understanding of God's playfulness

Author: Robin Stockitt

Publisher: Pickwick Publications

Publication Date: May 12, 2011

Number of Pages: 200 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 161097347X

ISBN-13: 9781610973472