Cries of Earth and Altar: Poems That Couldn't Be Helped - Softcover

Bartow, Charles L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1625649460 ISBN 13: 9781625649461

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2014

Synopsis

The poems of Cries of Earth and Altar speak of human laughter, mystery, work, play, sorrow-and even rage-as an oblation set upon heaven's high altar, which, as Calvin noted, is Christ himself. Upon that altar, the cries of earth are made a cry of glory, "Abba, Father" (Mark 14:36; Rom 8:15)! With the exception of those poems labeled "out of season" each poetic text is given a place in the Christian liturgical calendar: Advent-Epiphany, Transfiguration Sunday, Lent-Pentecost, and Ordinary Time. In the concluding essay, poetry and preaching are spoken of as fragile indicatives that implicitly call into question all claims of inviolability and permanence for humanly wrought systems of thought, common life, and governance. They survive as verbal, vocal, and physical gesture, as ink turned into blood.

About this title

About the Author

Charles L. Bartow is Egner Professor of Speech Communication Emeritus, Princeton Theological Seminary. He is also Pastor Emeritus of The Presbyterian Church of Deep Run, Bucks County, PA. He is the author of Dust and Prayers: Poems (2009).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1625649460
• ISBN 13: 9781625649461
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140