Introduction: the study of Literature and Theology - a history since 1982. Part I The Durham Conferences: Humanism and belief in literature: seeking a grammar of assent; A habit of mind: religion and imagination - John Coulson and John Henry Newman; Making the world bearable: Ulrich Simon; Choosing commitment: Martin Jarrett-Kerr; Finding the otherness of God in literature: Werner G. Jeanrond. Part II The Loss of and the Return to Theology: ¿A tone born out of a world of ruins¿: Robert Detweiler; Returning to theology: Nijmegen, 2000; Seeking forgiveness and retrieving a theological sense of being human: Leuven, 2014. Part III Themes and the Wider World: Poetry: the poetry of the Oxford Movement; Sacrament: the Eucharistic body; The Bible: the Bible as literature - Parergon ; Europe and Australia: new worlds; Europe and China: old worlds meet. Part IV Conclusions: Becoming innocent again: looking back on theory in literature and theology; Conclusion: Prospero¿s books.