{"product_id":"rethinking-christmas-poems-for-advent-and-christmas-paperback","title":"Rethinking Christmas: Poems for Advent and Christmas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eS. T. Kimbrough\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames H. Charlesworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eTimothy E. Kimbrough\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the poems that appear here imagination plays a significant role. We do not know exactly what people expect or anticipate at Advent, but we know it can be radically different, depending on one's situation in life: the poor, the homeless, those enveloped in war, the wealthy, the desperately ill or injured. What one awaits does not change the nature of Christ's coming, but it greatly influences how Christ is received. One thing is quite clear: it is the love of God that descends to earth in this child, a child of peace and goodwill. If one is not awaiting these things, one's celebration may be well-meaning but very wrong-headed. These poems imagine what Advent and Christmas are not and what they might be. How might they be seen through the eyes of the poor and marginalized? How might they be viewed by a business concern? How are they misunderstood? What does Christmas mean, when a bell rings on Christmas Day, and a church building has been destroyed and all that remains is the bell tower?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eS T Kimbrough, Jr., holds a PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary and is currently a Research Fellow of the Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition of Duke Divinity School. He is author of the following books by Wipf and Stock: \u003ci\u003eThe Lyrical Theology of Charles Wesley\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRadical Grace: Justice for the Poor and Marginalized\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Participation in the Divine Nature in the Writings of Charles Wesley\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e May She Have a Word with You? Women as Models of How to Live in the Poems of Charles Wesley\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand four books of poetry: \u003ci\u003eWhy Should a Child Be Born? Poems for Peace and Justice in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Of Death and Grief: Poems for Healing and Renewal\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e A Seagull Lunch and Other Nature Poems (Save Our Planet)\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSnowbound: Poems for Winter Days.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 78\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.17 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42772011843680,"sku":"9781725272835","price":22.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/Lo5UpguiUg9781725272835.webp?v=1779803631","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/rethinking-christmas-poems-for-advent-and-christmas-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}