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It was mentioned as Christian Wiman's most recently published book at the time of the interview, in 2012. The podcast host described Wiman's essays as philosophical or theologically reflective, always honest and poetic.
He's published several volumes of poetry and prose, most recently Hammer is the Prayer.
— Episode: Christian Wiman — How Does One Remember...
Episode: Christian Wiman — How Does One Remember God?
It was mentioned as Christian Wiman's most recently published book at the time of the interview, in 2012. The podcast host described Wiman's essays as philosophical or theologically reflective, always honest and poetic.
He's published several volumes of poetry and prose, most recently Hammer is the Prayer.
There is no consolation in the thought of God, he said, slamming another nail in another house, another havoc had half taken. Grace is not consciousness, nor is it beyond. To hell with remembrance, to hell with heaven, hammer is the prayer of the poor and the dying. And as wind in some lordless random comes to rest and all the disquieted dust within, peace came to the hinterlands of our minds. Too remote to know, but peace nonetheless.