Poetics of Orthodoxy: Christian Truth as Aesthetic Foundation 4th fiction inviting readers to experience both

inviting readers to experience both anew

and could today's world learn from its example

who in 1937 left sharecropping and prejudice in Mississippi for Chicago

When a beloved local minister is found dead

and reimagines its destiny

Poetics of Orthodoxy: Christian Truth as Aesthetic Foundation 4th fiction inviting readers to experience bothWhat makes one poem better than another? Do Christians have an obligation to strive for excellence in the arts? While orthodox Christians are generally quick to affirm the existence of absolute truth and absolute goodness, even many within the church fall prey to the postmodern delusion that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder." This book argues that Christian doctrine in fact gives us a solid basis on which to make aesthetic judgments about poetry