Five Poets Explore Faith and Spirituality D'Costa, Gavin. creator Nesbitt, Eleanor. Pryce, Mark. Shelton, Ruth. Slee, Nicola. text Electronic books. xx Farnham Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource (230 p.) This is a conversation between five poet-theologians broadly within the Christian tradition who together form The Diviners. Each poet offers a reflection on how they understand the relation between poetry and faith, rooting their reflections in their own writing, and illustrating discussion with a selection of their own poems and opening up issues for deeper exploration and reflection. This book will interest poets, theologians and all those committed to the practice and nurturing of a contemplative attitude to life in which profound attention and respect are offered to words and to the creati. Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 (W)riting like a Woman: In Search of a Feminist Theological Poetics; 2 Steady until Sundown: Searching for the Holy; 3 Taking Form: On Becoming a Christian Poet; 4 Where Poems Come From: Spirituality, Emotion and Poiesis; 5 The Miracle of Poetry: Divine and Human Creativity; Index Description based upon print version of record. Religion and poetry Spirituality Christianity English poetry 21st century History and criticism Spirituality in literature RELIGION / Christian Life / General BX2350 248 D'Costa, Gavin Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd,c2014 9781409455165 (electronic bk.) 1409455165 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1580884 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=572344 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=656713 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1580884 http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=572344 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=656713 EBLCP 131221 20200709060006.0 ocn866443792 eng