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At the heart of Clothed in Language lies a journal, but the writing, while personal, has been given a thematic structure. Seeing language as a vital medium through which the divine is made present to us, scholar and poet Pauline Matarasso explores the ways in which this God-given language, with its overcoat of metaphor and undertow of rhythm, serves to reflect the truth and, on occasion, mask it. This book also includes an essay that looks at certain features common to myth, fairy tale, lore, and Scripture.
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"With Clothed in Language Pauline Matarasso has written a modern Wisdom book. If much of the biblical Wisdom literature teaches a person how to act, Matarasso offers numinous insights into how to be. Just as importantly, she pushes aside the iron curtain of the Enlightenment and modern Scientism, with their excessive emphasis on rationalism, in order to show us how to learn-or relearn-and use theo
Tim Vivian, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, California State University, Bakersfi
"Wise, insightful, provocative, mystical, potentially transformative. Pauline Matarasso's meditative, poetic prose immerses the reader in the mysteries of God's manifestation through the Word, inviting the reader to pay closer attention to the relationship between language and the experience of the divine."
Elizabeth Thompson, Associate Professor of English, Ohio University
"It takes a contemplative soul filtered through a mind at once scholarly and poetic to render complex insight with such clarity and beauty. This book offers substantial nourishment, manna in the wilderness."
Erik Varden, Mount Saint Bernard Abbey
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- SeriesMonastic Wisdom #59