Toward a Church-Oriented Comparative Literature

Abstract

Though the Church’s involvement in literature has been limited, there are good reasons for Christians to be more actively involved in it. Today, there are two structures where Christians can engage in literary activities: ethnodoxology and comparative literature. Ethnodoxology, as an emerging Christian interdisciplinary study of artistic expressions, can include Christian research of literature as art. Modern comparative literature, extending beyond the comparison of literatures to the comparison of literature with other spheres of human expression, has potential niches for Christian researchers. In this paper, the discussion of the subject is followed by a presentation of the concept of “Church-oriented Comparative Literature” and a brief description of its methodology.