Faith, Hope and Poetry: Theology and the Poetic Imagination (Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (963 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 140944936X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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His book is both a challenge and an invitation, a delight and a dare.' Weblog 'A Wineskin in the Smoke' ' provides some interesting material for reflection on the role of theological treatments of literary texts and the status of secularity such a theological discourse implies.' Literature and Theology 'Apart from personal reading (which I highly recommend), I can see a strong use for Faith, Hope and Poetry as a teaching resource I could happily build a "theology and poetry" course around the entire text, confining myself pretty much to the poetry readings therein Working patiently through these selections in seminar fashion with alert students would be a dream.' Christianity & Literature 'Faith, Hope and Poetry is an enjoyable book, laudably readable and accessible, and full of material for further reflection and discussion.' Notes and Queries 'In this book Malcolm Guite off
Faith, Hope and Poetry explores the poetic imagination as a way of knowing; a way of seeing reality more clearly. Presenting a series of critical appreciations of English poetry from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day, Malcolm Guite applies the insights of poetry to contemporary issues and the contribution poetry can make to our religious knowing and the way we 'do theology'. Developing an original analysis and application of the poetic vision of Coleridge, Larkin and Seamus Heaney in the final chapters, Guite builds towards a substantial theology of imagination and provides unique insights into truth that complement and enrich more strictly rational ways of knowing. Readers of this book will return to their reading of poetry equipped with new insights and enthusiasm and will be challenged to integrate imaginative ways of knowing into their other academic and intellectual pursuits.. This book is not solely concerned with overtly religious poetry, but attends to the paradoxical ways in which the poetry of doubt and despair also enriches theology
Championing the Poetic Imagination Signpoststeve The first time I read this book was like the first time hearing a great album of music. So many delights so many unexpected turns so many great pay-offs.The second time, I found myself looking forward to certain sections, being dazzled by ones I missed the first time, and settling into the lovely, ambient air of Malcolm's poetic prose - itself a testament to the dictum, . Charles C. Twombly said Probing--Illuminating--Opens up new vistas. I have worked through this amazing book, chapter by chapter, and have found stunning insights on virtually every page. Guite, both a theologian, literary scholar, and poet of great skill, takes us on a tour from the Middle Ages and the Dream of the Rood all the way to our contemporary, Seamus Heaney, with probing chapters on Shakespeare, Coleridge, and several others alo. This book is beautiful. This book is brilliant This book is beautiful. This book is brilliant.Before I read this book, I did not know that I was stuck in a valley, able to see only my own little piece of time and space, thoroughly isolated by the ideas of my own time and unable to see how these ideas were a product of all the history of writing and thinking that have gone before me.Malcolm Guite--priest, poet, schola
Trevor Hart and Stephen Guthrie Ashgate 2007 and six poems in Live Simply, 2008. . His recent writings include ’What Do Christians Believe?' 2006, 'Poetry, Playfulness and Truth’ a chapter on the theology of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest in Faithful Performances: Enacting Christian Tradition, ed. Malcolm Guite is a poet, priest and academic living and working in Cambridge. His chapter on the poetry of CS Lewis appears in the Cambridge Companion to CS Lewis, 2010