{"product_id":"cries-of-earth-and-altar-charles-l-bartow-9781498222624","title":"Cries of Earth and Altar: Poems That Couldn't Be Helped","description":"The poems of Cries of Earth and Altar speak of human laughter, mystery, work, play, sorrow--and even rage--as an oblation set upon heaven's high altar, which, as Calvin noted, is Christ himself. Upon that altar, the cries of earth are made a cry of glory, \"Abba, Father\" (Mark 14:36; Rom 8:15)! With the exception of those poems labeled \"out of season,\" each poetic text is given a place in the Christian liturgical calendar: Advent-Epiphany, Transfiguration Sunday, Lent-Pentecost, and Ordinary Time. In the concluding essay, poetry and preaching are spoken of as fragile indicatives that implicitly call into question all claims of inviolability and permanence for humanly wrought systems of thought, common life, and governance. They survive as verbal, vocal, and physical gesture, as ink turned into blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles L. Bartow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1498222625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781498222624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cascade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Charles L. Bartow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48458944381183,"sku":"9781498222624","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9b28176-fc92-4f8c-a6a6-bc0eccd515fd.jpg?v=1777407496","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cries-of-earth-and-altar-charles-l-bartow-9781498222624","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}