ABSTRACT
This chapter lays down the author's perspectives of theology and therapy, there is a subject that he wants to address. It is a subject which of itself indicates a fascinating complementarity but it belongs here because it is an example of how a third discipline complements the other two. It is, so to speak, a tributary; a powerful tributary which over time has flowed into other waters and made its contribution. This tributary is the discipline of Literary Criticism and although for many generations it has had a kindred stream in the world of biblical studies, within what is commonly referred to as Biblical Interpretation or Hermeneutics, it has a life and tradition of its own, beyond religion. Redaction criticism recognizes and takes into account the motives, purpose and theological perspective of the writer, or more likely the school of thought that produced a gospel, epistle, or story.
