Poems, Volume V, 2023
A poetic meditation on the divine across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Inspired by the ancient Qaddish prayer, this single extended poem — “Qaddish · Sanctus · Bismillah” — explores holiness, creation, mortality, compassion, truth, and love through the shared spiritual heritage of the Abrahamic traditions. Drawing on Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Aramaic, Egyptian, and Arabic, it weaves scripture, philosophy, and history into a contemporary reflection on the search for transcendence.
The poem is preceded by a substantial introductory essay, “A Meditation on the Divine,” examining the relationship between religion and science, faith and reason — advocating a critical, non-dogmatic engagement with religious thought that treats spiritual traditions as living conversations rather than settled doctrine.
For readers of philosophy, comparative religion, theology, and literary poetry, this volume rediscovers the enduring questions of existence through one of humanity’s oldest conversations.
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ISBN Paperback: 978-1-968289-09-6
ISBN Kindle: 978-1-968289-10-2
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