Notes Toward a Theological Definition of Poetry

1. Introduction 2. Creation & Incarnation Logos Particularity Embodiment Time Orality Mystery Sacrament Glory

3. Sin Distinctions Vulgarity Ethics Spiritual Practice

4. Witness & Vocation Discovery Truth Prophecy Confession Maker Tradition 5. Works Cited

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"All manner of thing shall be well/ When the tongues of flame are in-folded/ Into the crowned knot of fire/ And the fire and the rose are one." -- T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding