The third renunciation
- Title
- The third renunciation / Matthew E. Henry (MEH).
- Published by
- Beacon, New York : The New York Quarterly Foundation, Inc., [2023]
- ©2023
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xi, 121 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Heeding St. John Cassian's call, The Third Renunciation rejects classic depictions of divinity and religious dogma to see God more fully. Each poem begins with a proposition (e.g. 'Say God is the music we strain to hear,' 'Say prayer is just a fire alarm,' 'Say faith can become like lackluster sex,' 'Say unarmed Black men herald His return'), or an explanation for a Biblical story (e.g. 'maybe Jesus was having an off day,' 'Say Jonah was right and grace is wasted,' 'Say angels aren't always trustworthy.'). Henry's poetry offers answers to the myriad whys at the center of faith and doubt, gives voice to the notion that both singing and screaming are authentic responses to suffering, and argues that 'grace is a Twinkie or a cockroach--/something that never goes bad, can survive/anything the cold world throws.../ despite all our best efforts to quell it.'" -- From a distributor's website.
- Alternative title
- Third renunciation : poems by Matthew E. Henry.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Poetry.
- Call number
- Sc D 24-181
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-115).
- Author
- Henry, Matthew E., author.
- Title
- The third renunciation / Matthew E. Henry (MEH).
- Publisher
- Beacon, New York : The New York Quarterly Foundation, Inc., [2023]
- Copyright date
- ©2023
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of content
- text
- Type of medium
- unmediated
- Type of carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-115).
- Local subject
- Black author.
- Cover title
- Third renunciation : poems by Matthew E. Henry.
- ISBN
- 1630450944 paperback
- 9781630450946 paperback
- Research call number
- Sc D 24-181