Tragic Method and Tragic Theology

Tragic Method and Tragic Theology, Volume 1, explores the complex intersection of literary criticism and religious thought. Larry D. Bouchard examines how drama and theology work together to discern the human experience of evil. By utilizing a nonreductive approach, the text investigates how tragic art functions as a form of inquiry. This academic work analyzes how different dramatists and thinkers render the irreducible dimensions of negativity and evil through symbolic and thematic forms.

The study provides deep analysis of Greek tragedy and the interpretations of Paul Ricoeur. It further examines the theological perspectives of Augustine, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Paul Tillich regarding sin and the demonic. Through substantive readings of playwrights such as Rolf Hochhuth, Robert Lowell, and Peter Shaffer, this book in the field of Christian theology offers new insights into contemporary religious thought. It concludes with a reflection on the perplexed, self-critical nature of tragic witness.