Listening to the Voice of Creation: How Contemporary Ontarian Creative Writers Hear the Natural World
This paper explores how the environment itself speaks to contemporary Ontarian poets. Christians believe that "[t]he heavens declare the glory of God" (Ps. 19.1) and that "in Christ all things were created [and] hold together" (Col. 1.16, 17). But for those from other religious t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2020, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 219-236 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KBQ North America NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | This paper explores how the environment itself speaks to contemporary Ontarian poets. Christians believe that "[t]he heavens declare the glory of God" (Ps. 19.1) and that "in Christ all things were created [and] hold together" (Col. 1.16, 17). But for those from other religious traditions or none, the creation also has a voice: what it declares is wonderful and awe-inspiring. Reacting against the rationalistic dual-isms of modernity, contemporary nature-writing provides a space for a relationship of interconnectedness with nature to be played out, as poetic attention is rewarded by the realization that the natural world speaks itself. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2020.0035 |
