A Personal Trinity: The Christian Poetry of Andrew Young
Andrew Young (1885–1971) belongs to the English tradition of the ‘parson poet’. Poetry written by serving clergy often provides both a personal perspective on Christianity, free of strict orthodoxy, and a reflection of Christianity’s place in the prevailing culture. Most of Young’s work consisted of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2023
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Rural theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 109-121 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBF British Isles KDE Anglican Church NBC Doctrine of God RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Gerard Manley Hopkins
B rural clergyman B Parson poet B George Herbert B R. S. Thomas |
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| Summary: | Andrew Young (1885–1971) belongs to the English tradition of the ‘parson poet’. Poetry written by serving clergy often provides both a personal perspective on Christianity, free of strict orthodoxy, and a reflection of Christianity’s place in the prevailing culture. Most of Young’s work consisted of short poems with only occasional Christian reference. Later in life he abandoned short poems and wrote two long works exploring a visionary afterlife. This paper argues that the key to these two long poems, important but neglected examples of mid-twentieth-century Christian literature, is a personal re-imagining of the Trinity. |
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| ISSN: | 2042-1273 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Rural theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14704994.2023.2249661 |