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Book Review: Mercy Wears a Red Dress

Book Review: Mercy Wears a Red Dress ATR/100.2 410 Anglican Theological Review Mercy Wears a Red Dress. By David Craig. Eugene, Ore.: Wipf and Stock, 2016. 148 pp. $20.00 (paper). David Craig’s many followers will be enthralled by Mercy Wears a Red Dress. His unique combination of deep theology with a richly textured sur- face is persuasive once again. The poems inspire and enlighten. He infuses the ordinary with the holy, but he also connects the holy with images of ev- eryday life, so that sacred and secular weld in moving poems of faith. This poet’s vision is then both medieval and modern, fusing the temporal and eternal to provide a unique interpretation of the sacramental vision that in- forms present and past Catholic literature and art. Craig, a professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville, has twenty- two poetry collections as well as several works of fiction, and he has been published in a number of anthologies. He usually writes in a flexible free verse, but some traditional poems are included in this volume. The book is divided into four sections. The first and longest segment, “The Papal Sash,” provides reflections on a contemporary Christian’s daily life, as he relates to family, friends, and students, recognizing http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anglican Theological Review SAGE

Book Review: Mercy Wears a Red Dress

McCann, Janet
Anglican Theological Review , Volume 100 (2): 1 – Aug 25, 2021
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ATR/100.2 410 Anglican Theological Review Mercy Wears a Red Dress. By David Craig. Eugene, Ore.: Wipf and Stock, 2016. 148 pp. $20.00 (paper). David Craig’s many followers will be enthralled by Mercy Wears a Red Dress. His unique combination of deep theology with a richly textured sur- face is persuasive once again. The poems inspire and enlighten. He infuses the ordinary with the holy, but he also connects the holy with images of ev- eryday life, so that sacred and secular weld in moving poems of faith. This poet’s vision is then both medieval and modern, fusing the temporal and eternal to provide a unique interpretation of the sacramental vision that in- forms present and past Catholic literature and art. Craig, a professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville, has twenty- two poetry collections as well as several works of fiction, and he has been published in a number of anthologies. He usually writes in a flexible free verse, but some traditional poems are included in this volume. The book is divided into four sections. The first and longest segment, “The Papal Sash,” provides reflections on a contemporary Christian’s daily life, as he relates to family, friends, and students, recognizing

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Published: Aug 25, 2021

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