Poetry, Prophecy, and Theological Revelation https://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/t2558 Runboard| Poetry, Prophecy, and Theological Revelation en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:53:22 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 07:53:22 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Poetry, Prophecy, and Theological Revelationhttps://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/p17396,from=rss#post17396https://bdelectablemnts.runboard.com/p17396,from=rss#post17396"In primordial cultures, with only minimal social stratification and differentiation of roles, long before any specific mantles as either prophet or poet can be identified and donned, a figure like that of the shaman or even the wizard (Merlin, for example) is often emblematic of a certain undecidability between religious revelation or spiritual experience and creative imagination and invention. Of course, in modern cultures, with their highly differentiated social roles, theological revelation and poetry are typically seen as distinct and often even as opposed to each other in crucial respects. Yet the two still need to be understood together as reciprocal and symbiotic in their origins, aims, and purposes. Throughout subsequent history, the deepest intents of literary and religious practices remain inseparable from each other in their myriad manifestations within our cultural traditions and institutions; they thus stand to be illuminated by such a juxtaposition. Poetry and prophecy together comprise the common matrix of some of the oldest and most fundamental modes of expression of humanity across cultures." http://religion.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199340378.001.0001/acrefore-9780199340378-e-205nondisclosed_email@example.com (libramoon)Wed, 25 May 2016 14:56:43 +0000