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for reasons unknown to anyone but himself

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and from wonder have grown the three great trees of human culture: religion

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A Poetics of Orthodoxy: Christian Truth as Aesthetic Foundation Book cover type:Paperback * Makes an ideal giftWhat makes one poem better than another? Do Christians have an obligation to strive for excellence in the arts? While orthodox Christians are generally quick to affirm the existence of absolute truth and absolute goodness, even many within the church fall prey to the postmodern delusion that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This book argues that Christian doctrine in fact gives us a solid basis on which to make aesthetic judgments about poetry in