On Christian Spirituality and Criticism, or, Postsecularity after R. S. Thomas
Two poems by R. S. Thomas inspire a mode of critical engagement that does not reproduce the conventions of critique as much as attune the mind to a spiritual fullness of life that potentially awaits it. Such criticism exceeds the scope of much postsecular thought, which remains committed to a critiq...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2022
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2022, Volume: 71, Issue: 4, Pages: 522-540 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Literary Criticism
B R. S. Thomas B postsecularity B Christian Spirituality B postcritique |
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| Summary: | Two poems by R. S. Thomas inspire a mode of critical engagement that does not reproduce the conventions of critique as much as attune the mind to a spiritual fullness of life that potentially awaits it. Such criticism exceeds the scope of much postsecular thought, which remains committed to a critique of secularization, and resonates instead with the field of Christian Spirituality, where transformative experience functions as both the means and end of academic inquiry. This approach expands the horizons of literary criticism, converting it into a vehicle for transformative visions of the world and those who engage literature. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/chy.2022.0053 |