ABSTRACT
In the previous chapter we have seen how God-talk is often misinterpreted. Much of the problem, as Daniel Liderbach explains, is that theologians and philosophers have for too long focused on the rational solution of suffering to the detriment of the imaginative explanation or interpretation of suffering.1 Since God-talk is often misinterpreted by caregivers in pastoral situations and since pastoral caregivers are influenced by philosophical theologians, we need to explore this problem from the viewpoint of theology. Once in the realm of theology we can then move into recent discussions of theology and its relation to myth and imagination. With these arguments in place, we can then proceed to break down God-talk into the various genres we discussed in the Introduction.
