tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post688470891298008585..comments2024-03-12T03:53:57.725-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: We hang our heads in shame and guiltBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-91531688790253201162011-12-23T20:34:21.466-05:002011-12-23T20:34:21.466-05:00Dear Tortoise,
Yes, I take your point re every po...Dear Tortoise,<br /><br />Yes, I take your point re every poet being an idealogue, perhaps I should have qualified it by saying 'partisan political ideology'. When it feels (as it does to me) like the hymn is really a vehicle for a particular political message, it's hard to feel moved by it. There's no space for catharsis, I'm being hit over the head by it! It seems to me great hymn writing/poetry can have political implications, sometimes powerfully so, without such contrivance, surely this is the trick is it not?? Is not the Magnificat a perfect example? It speaks of the lifting up of the humble and the throwing down of rulers, yet with such delicacy and poise, it actually stirs your heart and mind rather than drop a tonne of bricks on your head.<br /><br />To me, that is what great poetry/hymn writing does!<br /><br />Cheers my friend!<br /><br />MikeMike Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-61810485361896571632011-12-23T08:40:08.012-05:002011-12-23T08:40:08.012-05:00Ideology generally doesn't make for good poetr...<i>Ideology generally doesn't make for good poetry...</i><br /><br />That's a startling assertion, Mike. Isn't every poet an ideologue?<br /><br />And certainly for the Church, isn't every psalm of lament an occasion to acknowledge divine judgment and grace, every hymn an invitation to join oneself to the ideology of the Kingdom of God?<br /><br />Or were you thinking of something else... "<i>personally disagreeable</i> ideology", perhaps?tortoisehttp://tortoiseofdissent.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-79460648426985848482011-12-22T20:04:51.494-05:002011-12-22T20:04:51.494-05:00Ideology generally doesn't make for good poetr...Ideology generally doesn't make for good poetry...I think I'd feel pretty depressed singing hymns like this!<br /><br />Mike EMike Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-55865665111178590222011-12-19T22:02:55.625-05:002011-12-19T22:02:55.625-05:00I bow before the hymn.I bow before the hymn.Roger Flyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-61758623827987472282011-12-19T15:43:48.325-05:002011-12-19T15:43:48.325-05:00I got chills.I got chills.Highanddryhttp://post-cynical.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-86714716353853417492011-12-19T08:37:21.509-05:002011-12-19T08:37:21.509-05:00Love it. Thanks for sharing.Love it. Thanks for sharing.Carl Greggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-53609560622199216322011-12-19T02:20:47.732-05:002011-12-19T02:20:47.732-05:00Well done. Great hymn!Well done. Great hymn!Petternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1799920206362936952011-12-19T00:47:03.817-05:002011-12-19T00:47:03.817-05:00oh, boo hoooh, boo hooguestnoreply@blogger.com