TY - BOOK AU - D'Costa,Gavin AU - Nesbitt,Eleanor AU - Pryce,Mark AU - Shelton,Ruth AU - Slee,Nicola TI - Making Nothing Happen: Five Poets Explore Faith and Spirituality SN - 9781409455165 (electronic bk.) AV - BX2350 U1 - 248 PY - 2014/// CY - Farnham PB - Ashgate Publishing Ltd KW - Religion and poetry KW - Spirituality KW - Christianity KW - English poetry KW - 21st century KW - History and criticism KW - Spirituality in literature KW - RELIGION / Christian Life / General KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - Description based upon print version of record; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1580884 UR - http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=572344 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=656713 ER -