Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair Loren Wilkinson and self-reflection

and self-reflection

economy and ethics of the kingdom of God

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intelligent memoir

This device keeps the main story flowing quickly and smoothly for those readers not interested in the more academic ideas behind the narrative

Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair Loren Wilkinson and self-reflectionChristian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career defining work. Few contemporary writers ask the questions about faith, morality, and God that Christian Wiman does, and even fewerperhaps nonedo so with his urgency and eloquence. Wiman, an award winning poet and the author of My Bright Abyss, lays the motion of his mind on the page in this genre defying work, an indivisible blend of poetry, criticism, theology, and