Christian Poetry in America Since 1940: An Anthology Mattix Micah
Winner of the 2023 Christianity Book Award -- Culture & The Arts! "One of the best, and least expected, anthologies in decades." --Joseph Bottum, Poetry editor, New York SunShowcasing thirty-five…
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Winner of the 2023 Christianity Book Award -- Culture & The Arts! "One of the best, and least expected, anthologies in decades." --Joseph Bottum, Poetry editor, New York SunShowcasing thirty-five American poets born in or after 1940, this anthology confirms that one of the most vibrant developments in contemporary verse has been a renewed engagement with the Christian faith. Across a full spectrum of Christian belief, including the struggle to believe at all, these poets bring the power of their art to bear on serious questions: how to understand the goodness of God in a fallen and tragic world, how to reconcile universal truths with the particularities of human experience, how to render familiar events of salvation history in new language that generates its own epiphanies. As Christian engagement assumes a multiplicity of modes and voices, so does contemporary