Archbishop Of Canterbury
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“This year’s @MRamseyPrize for theological writing has been won by @CanonOakley for his book ‘The Splash of Words: Believing in Poetry.’ A joy to award Mark the prize at @Greenbelt today. Many great conversations about how vital good theology is in our fractured world #GB19 https://t.co/Wbv1o8HqMx” (from X)
Whether you love poetry or haven't read it since school, The Splash of Words will help you rediscover poetry’s power to startle, challenge and reframe your vision. Like throwing a pebble into water, a poem causes a ‘splash of words’ whose ripples can transform the way we see the world, ourselves and God. Through thirty selected poems, from the fourteenth century to the present day, Mark Oakley explores poetry’s power to stir our settled ways of viewing the world and faith, shift our perceptions and even transform who we are.