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Poetic Theology God and the Poetics of Everyday Life

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ISBN-10: 080286578X

ISBN-13: 9780802865786

Edition: 2010

Authors: William A. Dyrness

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Poetry and theology, once ancient bedfellows, have become increasingly estranged in modern times. In this text, Dyrness seeks to restore the relationship between them.
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Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 12/23/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.122

William A. Dyrness is professor of theology and culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is a former missionary and the author of several books, including The Earth Is God's: A Theology of American Culture, Learning About Theology from the Third World, How Does America Hear the Gospel? and Reformed Theology and Visual Culture.

Preface
The Method of Poetic Theology
Prelude to Aesthetic Theology: Theological Reflections on Love, Desire, and the Affections
The Historical Model: Theologia Poetica
Poetic Stewardship of Life
Building Blocks for a Poetic Theology: How Did We Get Here?
Re-reading the Nineteenth-Century Romantic Heritage
Twentieth-Century Aesthetics: In Search of a Theological Voice
Dante, Bunyan, and the Search for a Protestant Aesthetics
Calvin, the Locked Church, and the Recovery of Contemplation
The Trajectory of Poetic Theology: Where Can We Go?
The Aesthetics of Church
Aesthetics and Social Transformation
Conclusion
Living and Reflecting Poetically: Systematic Implications
Bibliography
Index