Genre:poetry
Sub-genre:Subjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious
Language:English
Series Title:Christian Poetry of the Sacred
Series Number:4
Pages:180
eBook ISBN:9798317812638
Paperback ISBN:9798317812621

Overview

USE CODE CHOOCH AT CHECKOUT TO SAVE 50% OFF THE RETAIL PRICE Poems to God (2025) focuses upon the idea that in both the ordinary and extraordinary aspects of existence and experience, there are intimations or only thinly veiled encounters with the sacred or that which is holy (especially what Christians believe to be God). It is an invitation to religious and non-religious people seeking meaning, purpose, and God.

Description

What if Christian poetry could be intellectually rigorous, mystically honest, and spiritually transformative without resorting to devotional platitudes?

Poems to God is the newest book in Dr. Alan Altany's acclaimed Christian Poetry of the Sacred series a four-volume contemplative masterwork that has earned a 4.9 star rating from readers seeking theological depth and poetic beauty.

Written by a recently retired professor of Comparative Religions with a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, these poems explore the sacred in contemporary consciousness, intimations of God in ordinary experience, and the paradoxes of Christian faith in a profane culture. This is poetry for:

✓ Seminary students studying theological poetry
✓ Catholic contemplatives seeking mystical encounter beyond surface religiosity
✓ MFA poetry students researching religious themes
✓ Readers of Commonweal, America Magazine, and Christian Century
✓ Anyone tired of "greeting-card Christianity" and hungry for spiritual honesty

Dr. Altany's poetry has been published in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, North Dakota Quarterly, Montreal Review, Valley Voices, and numerous other respected literary journals. One reader wrote: "This is powerful poetry from a life lived, at times, at the extremes of God's grace and of his own weakness. Many of these pieces leave me with chills."

If you're searching for contemplative Christian poetry that wrestles with profound questions of faith, doubt, suffering, and the sacred poetry in the tradition of Thomas Merton, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Christian Wiman this series is for you.

The Complete Christian Poetry of the Sacred Series:
1. Poems to God (2025)
2. Intimations (2024)
3. The Greatest Longing (2023)
4. A Beautiful Absurdity (2022)

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About The Author

Dr. Alan Altany recently retired as a professor of Comparative Religions and holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. His poetry has been published in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, North Dakota Quarterly, Montreal Review, Valley Voices, and numerous other respected literary journals.

As a Catholic contemplative poet and theologian, Dr. Altany's work explores the sacred in contemporary consciousness, intimations of God in ordinary experience, and the "beautiful absurdity" of Christian faith in a profane culture. His four-book series, Christian Poetry of the Sacred, represents a lifetime of theological study and spiritual reflection, offering intellectually rigorous, mystically honest verse for readers seeking depth beyond devotional platitudes.

Dr. Altany's poetry has earned a 4.9 out of 5 star rating on Goodreads, with readers describing his work as "powerful poetry from a life lived, at times, at the extremes of God's grace and of his own weakness."

His complete series includes: