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Poetic Theology

God and the Poetics of Everyday Life [Paperback]

by William A. Dyrness

    • Author

      William A. Dyrness

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Eerdmans Publishing Company

    • Published

      December 2010

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    What are the poetics of everyday life? What can they teach us about God? Art, music, dance, and writing can certainly be poetic, but so can such diverse pastimes as fishing, skiing, or attending sports events. Any and all activities that satisfy our fundamental need for play, for celebration, and for ritual, says William Dyrness, are inherently poetic and in Poetic Theology he demonstrates that all such activities are places where God is active in the world. All of humanitys creative efforts, Dyrness points out, testify to our intrinsic longing for joy and delight and our deep desire to connect with others, with the created order, and especially with the Creator. This desire is rooted in the presence and calling of God in and through the good creation. With extensive reflection on aesthetics in spirituality, worship, and community development, Dyrnesss Poetic Theology will be useful for all who seek fresh and powerful new ways to communicate the gospel in contemporary society. William Dyrnesss bold invitation to a poetic theology shaped by Scripture, tradition, and imagination one luring us toward a fuller participation in beauty than argument or concept alone allow reminds us that truth itself is beautiful to behold and poetic to the core. . . . If poetry is in its deepest reflex an intensification of life, then Dyrnesss call for a poetic theology is one we ignore at our peril, reminding us that faithful living is not only about proper thinking but also and, perhaps, more properly about the texture of our living and the quality of our loving. Mark S. Burrows Andover Newton Theological School Makes a strong case for aesthetics as one of the avenues used by God to draw human beings near to him and his glory. . . . A wonderful journey through Reformed spirituality and a wake-up call for Reformed theology. Cornelius van der Kooi Free University, Amsterdam

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    • Author

      William A. Dyrness

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      Eerdmans Publishing Company

    • Published

      December 2010

    • Weight

      477g

    • Page Count

      328

    • Dimensions

      153 x 227 x 26 mm

    • ISBN

      9780802865786

    • ISBN-10

      080286578X

    • Eden Code

      3702657

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    • Author/Creator: William A. Dyrness

    • ISBN: 9780802865786

    • Publisher: Eerdmans Publishing Company

    • Release Date: December 2010

    • Weight: 477g

    • Dimensions: 153 x 227 x 26 mm

    • Eden Code: 3702657


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