In The Catholic Imagination (2000), Greeley's aim is to "specify how the Catholic imaginative tradition differs from other versions of the Western Christian story." It informs its research through the work of David Tracy, especially The Analogical Imagination: Christian Theology and the Culture of Pluralism (1981).
In The Catholic Imagination (2000), Greeley seeks to differentiate how the Catholic imaginative tradition contrasts with other Western Christian narratives. This research is informed by David Tracy's work, particularly his book "The Analogical Imagination: Christian Theology and the Culture of Pluralism" (1981).