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Shouts and Whispers: Twenty-One Writers Speak about Their Writing and Their Faith

Shouts and Whispers: Twenty-One Writers Speak about Their Writing and Their Faith

Holberg, Jennifer L.

Paperback

Letters & EssaysReligion General

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 0802832296
ISBN13: 9780802832290
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: Mar 31 2006
Pages: 271
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.44 Depth: 8.86
Language: English
Flannery O'Connor once wrote that to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and startling figures. Some of the twenty-one well-known writers included in this book prefer to shout, as O'Connor did, while others offer what Doris Betts calls whispering hope.

Shouts and Whispers contains a fascinating array of reflections on topics surrounding the often-perilous intersection of writing and faith. The authors all agree that literature can help us to be more faithful, yet they approach the subject in ways as diverse as their biographies. Some, like Katherine Paterson and Frederick Buechner, propose models of how literature and belief can fruitfully intersect. Several authors offer insightful metaphors for the experience of doing faith-filled writing, while others speak of writing as finding hope in the midst of brokenness. Finally, in essays by Madeleine L'Engle, Thomas Lynch, and others, readers are encouraged to make the connection between writing and embodiment, translating words into actions.

While the essays, addresses, and interviews in Shouts and Whispers are by no means the final word, they will provoke rich and nuanced reflection on the dynamic relationship between faith and writing.

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