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The themes of poetry are necessarily hard to pin down, and what some see as a Christian theme or viewpoint may not be seen by others. A number of modern writers are widely considered to have Christian themes in much of their poetry, including G. K. Chesterton, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, T. S. Eliot, and Elizabeth Jennings.
Prudentius practiced law with some success, and was twice provincial governor, perhaps in his native country, before the emperor Theodosius I summoned him to court. Towards the end of his life (possibly around 392) Prudentius retired from public life to become an ascetic, fasting until evening and abstaining entirely from animal food; and writing poems, hymns, and controversial works in ...
Philosophy, plays, lyrical poetry, biography, narrative writings, novels included, most of the theological and hagiographical works are not included. Bible (c. 1400 BC –AD 100) – numerous authors; The Book of Job in the Bible (c. 1500 –1000 BC) – unknown author; Psalms in the Bible, hymns, poems (c. 1000 BC) – David
Edith Jessie Archibald – suffragist and writer; Ethel Barrett – Christian author and children's author; Mary Charlotte Ward Granniss Webster Billings – writer, activist, hymn writer, evangelist, missionary; Ted Dekker – bestselling novelist; Henry Grattan Guinness; Jerry B. Jenkins – co-author of the Left Behind books and Gil Thorp comics
Not even the parallelismus membrorum is an absolutely certain indication of ancient Hebrew poetry. This "parallelism" occurs in the portions of the Hebrew Bible that are at the same time marked frequently by the so-called dialectus poetica; it consists in a remarkable correspondence in the ideas expressed in two successive units (hemistiches, verses, strophes, or larger units); for example ...
This category comprises articles pertaining to those who write or wrote commentary on Christian themes. This category also includes Christians who were involved in the authorship of books, videos, articles, journals, and audio recordings.
Phillis Wheatley was an avid student of the Bible and especially admired the works of Alexander Pope (1688–1744), the British neoclassical writer. Through Pope's translation of Homer , she also developed a taste for Greek mythology , all which have an enormous influence on her work, with much of her poetry dealing with important figures of ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... American Orthodox writers. Scott Cairns; Georges Florovsky; Thomas Hopko; Frederica Mathewes ...