Poetry and the Religious Imagination: The Power of the Word Contributor(s): Knox, Francesca Bugliani (Author), Lonsdale, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 147242624X ISBN-13: 9781472426246 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - Religion | Christianity - General - Religion | Theology |
Dewey: 809.193 |
LCCN: 2014023586 |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.26 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: What is the role of spiritual experience in poetry? What are the marks of a religious imagination? How close can the secular and the religious be brought together? How do poetic imagination and religious beliefs interact? Exploring such questions through the concept of the religious imagination, this book integrates interdisciplinary research in the area of poetry on the one hand, and theology, philosophy and Christian spirituality on the other. Established theologians, philosophers, literary critics and creative writers explain, by way of contemporary and historical examples, the primary role of the religious imagination in the writing as well as in the reading of poetry. |