Fictional thinking and its developments in the formulation of theological speeches

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha, Abdruschin Schaeffer
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Rocha, Alessandro Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Horizonte - Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2018v16n51p1107
• topic: fictionality; reality; theological discourses; reception aesthetics; Sciences of Religion; Theology; ficcionalidade; realidade; discurso teológico; estética da recepção; Ciências da Religião; Teologia

This article aims to discuss the relationship between reality and fiction and its implications for the formulation of theological discourses. It is based on the assumption that, in general, the fictional is viewed with suspicion by religion and Christian Theology, insofar as it starts from a mistaken conception of reality, which is why relations between Theology and fictionality are still relatively unexplored. It is based on the discussions that originated the tradition of reception aesthetics, especially in its fictional aspect, as proposed by Wolfgang Iser, and analyzes the fictionality in its relation to rationalist discourse and dogmatic thinking. Finally, based on the contributions of Joseph Moingt and George Lindbeck, it proposes two theological contributions with the intention of recovering of the fictional thought as an alternative to the dogmatic/conceptual. Moingt helps us to understand God as a being-for-us. Lindbeck, through his cultural-linguistic theory, helps us to discuss the language and the place it occupies in the formulation and communication of theological contents.