Arthur C. McGill 
The Celebration of the Flesh [PDF ebook] 
Poetry in Christian Life

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An enjoyment of the poet’s art, as seen in the words of T. S. Eliot, Robert Frost, and Wallace Stevens.


‘As a Protestant theologian, ‘ writes Mc Gill in his preface, ‘I have always been puzzled that within the Christian community, poetry is often used for its insight into our modern miseries, but that it is rarely enjoyed as poetry. This book seeks to redress the balance.’

Mc Gill focuses on three American poets–Eliot, Frost and Stevens–all of whom belong to the same poetic generation and thus provide a microcosm of poetry from this era. Influenced by Owen Barfield, John Crowe Ransom, and Cleanth Brooks, he identifies poetry with the fleshly aspect of experience, yet never as distinct from a spiritual aspect. ‘In the kingdom of God, people are created with flesh, reconciled through flesh, and glorified as flesh. To hide from the flesh for the sake of the spirit is to miss the Christian life. It is this danger which gives special meaning to the enjoyment of poetry.’ This experience of poetry, according to Mc Gill, ‘is always a healthy antidote to spiritual pride.’
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Arthur Mc Gill was Bussey Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School at the time of his death in 1980.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 190 ● ISBN 9781725224025 ● File size 15.5 MB ● Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers ● City Eugene ● Country US ● Published 2008 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7593219 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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