Abstract:Boccaccio once theorised (in his Life of Dante) that theology could be accurately described as 'poetry' about God. However, one does not always get the impression when reading theologians that such a connection is so obvious. And yet there are Christian writers who have sought to bring together the concerns of skilled writing and communication. One only has to remember Augustine's consummate level of Latin dexterity, or Calvin's infl uence on French prose writing, or Tyndale's translation of Bible to know that… Show more
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