Poetics of Church - Reading and Writing Sacred Spaces of Poetic Dwelling

List of contents

Foreword by David Jasper; Introduction(s); Part I: Home; 1 Skirting the Edges: Tina Beattie and Hans Urs von Balthasar in Church; 2 Gaston Bachelard Takes Us to Church; 3 Transfigurations with Yves Bonnefoy; Part II: Leaving Home: From Temple to Text; 4 What Is Church When Church Is Not?; 5 The Poet Sets the Path: a Reading of Hélène Cixous’ Manna; 6 (Trans)Forming Faith with Yves Bonnefoy, Hélène Cixous and Ignatius of Loyola; 7 Poetry and Prayer: an ‘Inner Kinship’; Part III: Transformative Homecomings; 8 ‘But Now My Eye Sees You’: Reading Dennis Potter’s The Singing Detective and the Book of Job with Hélène Cixous; 9 Believing as a Poet: ‘Writing All the Way Down’

About the author

Jennifer Reek has a PhD from the Centre for Literature, Theology and the Arts, University of Glasgow. Her work has appeared in journals such as Literature and Theology and Contemporary Women’s Writing. She is co-editor of the forthcoming fourth volume of the Routledge Power of the Word series, Thresholds of Wonder: Poetry, Philosophy and Theology in Conversation. Currently, she teaches seminars in Great Books in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Summary

Structured as a spiritual and literary journey, this book moves from models of the institutional Catholic Church into more radical and ambiguous textual spaces, which the author creates by bringing together an unorthodox group of thinkers referred to as ‘poet-companions’.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Reek, Jennifer (Sacred Heart University Reek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367885465
• ISBN: 978-0-367-88546-5
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Christian Churches & denominations, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Literature: history & criticism, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Literature: history and criticism, RELIGION / Christian Living / Family & Relationships, Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art