The Word within the Words

Malcolm Guite

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781506484334
• eBook ISBN: 9781506484365
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Theology

The Word within the Words is a Poet's Credo, in which Malcom Guite sets out to show how his Christian faith informs and underpins his poetry and, in turn, how poetry itself and, more widely, the poetic imagination help him understand and interpret his faith. After a brief introduction outlining a theology of Christ as the Word, the essential logos or meaning that underlies all things made flesh for us in Jesus, there are short chapters on Scripture, liturgy, and sacrament, each understood as a kind of poetry capable of transfiguring our vision and transforming our lives. In light of these, the final section of the book reflects on the all-transforming reality of Christ and the Kingdonot only within but well beyond the bounds of the church. The theology in this book is illustrated throughout with personal stories and with poetry, both classics from the cannon and Guite's own poems.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. Scripture: The Word beneath the words
• 2. Liturgy: The Word between the words
• 3. Sacrament: The Word transforms the world
• Conclusion: Christ alive and loose in the world