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    Cries of Earth and Altar: Poems That Couldn’t Be Helped
    Cries of Earth and Altar: Poems That Couldn’t Be Helped
    Cries of Earth and Altar: Poems That Couldn’t Be Helped
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    Cries of Earth and Altar: Poems That Couldn’t Be Helped

    By Charles L. Bartow

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCascade Books
    Release dateNov 12, 2014
    ISBN9781630876586
    Cries of Earth and Altar: Poems That Couldn’t Be Helped
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    Charles L. Bartow

    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).

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