To Heaven's Rim: The Kingdom Poets Book of World Christian Poetry, Beginnings to 1800, in English Translation (Poiema Poetry Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1666716820 ISBN 13: 9781666716825

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2023

Synopsis

From its very first days, the church has been lifting up its songs and poems from the earth to the heavens, whether in praise, thanksgiving, or lament. Join poets from across Syria, Europe, Armenia, Ethiopia, China, and the Philippines in raising their voices. Learn about these great Christian singers from around the world, many of whom are hardly known at all among English readers, yet who are often considered the greatest poets in their own languages. Explore the many styles and genres which Christians have used to express their faith in song, whether hymn, psalm, dream vision, epic, drama, lyric, or didactic poem. Journey through the lives of biblical characters, through abstract theological and philosophical arguments, through moments of intense personal grief and joy, through the lives of saints and terrible sinners, sometimes even through heaven and hell themselves.

About this title

About the Author

Burl Horniachek is a Canadian poet and translator. He lives in Selkirk, Manitoba, with his wife and two children.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666716820
• ISBN 13: 9781666716825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 310
• Editor: Horniachek Burl