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 his book "The Catholic Imagination" (2000), Greeley aims to distinguish how the Catholic tradition of imaginative storytelling differs from other Western Christian narratives. This research is guided by David Tracy's work, particularly his book "The Analogical Imagination: Christian Theology and the Culture of Pluralism" (1981).