Ordinary Time
Liturgy is the golden chore; the ineffable becomes as practical as a calendar or a loaf of bread. The Son of God becomes the Son of Man and briefly walks among us, Love itself incarnate in the life of faith. This generous collection--in both senses of spirit and breadth--uses the liturgical year to explore the many aspects of Christian belief. In a wide variety of voices, styles, and forms, Ordinary Time (the title is deeply ironic) includes themes from the most intimate examinations of conscience to some of the knottiest theological/philosophical questions. In tones ranging from comic/satiric to meditative to ecstatic--in characters as diver…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4982-7945-1
- EAN: 9781498279451
- Produktnummer: 19872258
- Verlag: Resource Publications
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 194 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.0 cm 252 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 252
Über den Autor
Michael D. Riley, who passed away on February 23, 2019, shortly after completing Pattern Evidence, published six collections of poetry, most recently Ordinary Time: Poems for the Liturgical Year (Wipf & Stock, 2016). His poems appeared in many periodicals, including Poetry, Poetry Ireland Review, Rattle, America, and Southern Humanities Review, and in two recent anthologies (The Book of Irish American Poetry: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present and Blood to Remember: American Poets on the Holocaust). He was emeritus professor of English from Penn State University and lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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