My Sour-Sweet Days
SPCK Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-281-08032-8 (ISBN)
George Herbert is one of the great 17th century poet-priests. His poems embrace every shade of the spiritual life, from love and closeness, to anger and despair, to reconciliation and hope. And his work is always rich with audacious playfulness: he seems to take God on, knowing God will win, as if he's having an argument with a faithful friend he knows is not going to leave. In much of theology and spirituality, God is a critical spectator to human lives, but for Herbert, his sense of relationship with God is primarily of a friendship that can never be broken.
These are some of the themes Mark Oakley explores in this outstanding book. He offers a poem for every day in Lent, with a 2-page commentary on each of the 40 included.
Mark Oakley is Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral, overseeing the arts and learning programmes at the cathedral. He writes regularly for the Church Times and The Tablet and broadcasts frequently on BBC Radio 4. His latest, bestselling, book The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry (Canterbury Press) was published last year to great acclaim. He's also the editor of A Good Year (SPCK, 2016) and author of our forthcoming The Spiritual Adventure of Language: Shakespeare And Christian Faith.
Contents
Preface ix
The Agonie 1
Redemption 4
Easter 7
Easter Wings 11
Sinne (I) 14
Affliction (I) 17
Prayer (I) 23
The Holy Scriptures (I) 27
Even-song 30
The Windows 34
Content 37
The Quidditie 41
Deniall 44
Vanitie (I) 48
Vertue 52
The Pearl. Matth. 13 56
Unkindnesse 61
Decay 64
Jordan (II) 67
The Quip 70
Dialogue 74
Hope 78
Sinnes Round 81
Gratefulnesse 84
The Holdfast 88
Praise (II) 91
The Collar 95
The Call 99
The Pulley 102
The Flower 106
Bitter-sweet 111
The Answer 114
The Glance 117
Aaron 120
The Forerunners 124
Discipline 128
The Elixer 132
A Wreath 136
Heaven 139
Love (III) 142
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.01.2020 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-281-08032-1 / 0281080321 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-281-08032-8 / 9780281080328 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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