George Herbert is one of the great 17th century poet-priests. His poems embrace every shade of the spiritual life, from love and closeness, to anger and despair, to reconciliation and hope. And his work is always rich with audacious playfulness: he seems to take God on, knowing God will win, as if he's having an argument with a faithful friend he knows is not going to leave. In much of theology and spirituality, God is a critical spectator to human lives, but for Herbert, his sense of relationship with God is primarily of a friendship that can never be broken. These are some of the themes Mark Oakley explores in this outstanding book. He offers a poem for every day in Lent, with a 2-page commentary on each of the 40 included.
| ISBN: | 9780281080328 |
| Publication date: | 29th November 2019 |
| Author: | Mark Oakley |
| Publisher: | SPCK Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 144 pages |
| Genres: |
Poetry Christianity Spirituality and religious experience |