Exploring Theopoetics

How do we put into words our encounters with the divine mystery? Theopoetics seeks to express the inexpressible, recovering the language of the faith traditions through songs, poems, plays, journal entries, prayers, stories, and liturgies. The book contains a range of genres exploring the new field, from deeply personal to analytical and academic.

Included are the following topics:

• Theopoetics as an academic discipline
• Ecological theology and human responsibility
• Poems and free verse reflections
• Plays for theatre and public performance
• Interpretations of the parables of Jesus
• Spirituality and ecology in the poetry of Wendell Berry
• Memories of 1968 as a case study in public theology
• Personal spiritual formation
• Essays on theology in the works of Octavia Butler
• Short stories and autobiographical writings