{"product_id":"making-the-heavens-speak-religion-as-poetry-9781509547500","title":"Making the Heavens Speak: Religion as Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe idea of a connection between poetry and religion is as old as civilization. Homer consulted the Olympian gods on the fate of the fighters on the plain before Troy, and the poet made the heavenly ones speak. It was through poetry that the gods were brought within reach of human hearing. In the centuries after Homer, the Athenian stage became the setting where gods made their poetic interventions, resolving human impasses and contributing to the emotional synchronization of the public life of the city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSloterdijk argues that, as with the culture of the Ancient Greeks, all religions inscribe a kind of \"theopoetry\" at the heart of their cultural life and thought, even as they strenuously obscure these poetic origins through the cultivation and enforcement of orthodox norms. Sloterdijk also shows how, in conditions of religious pluralism, religions poetically reshape themselves to accommodate the demands of the religious marketplace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis highly original study of the poetic devices that inform accounts of the otherworldly offers a new interpretation of religious practice and its theological elaboration through history, as well as a fresh perspective on our contemporary age in which collective life, interwoven with imaginative fabrications, is fraying under critical stress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2941378\"\u003ePeter Sloterdijk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.19h x 5.83w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509547500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1509547509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Sloterdijk\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy and Aesthetics at the Karlsruhe School of Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e, the translator, is associate professor of English at Ohio State University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44529706008813,"sku":"9781509547500","price":31.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_63fc6de7-cd36-4c16-997c-8324360223ec.jpg?v=1701400361","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/making-the-heavens-speak-religion-as-poetry-9781509547500","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}