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Faith, Hope and Poetry: Theology and the Poetic Imagination

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • 15.5 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

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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'. 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. 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.
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  • Author

    Malcolm Guite

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Routledge

  • Published

    March 2012

  • Weight

    432g

  • Dimensions

    15.5 x 22.9 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781409449362

  • ISBN-10

    140944936X

  • Eden Code

    5592656

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