A Sacrifice of Praise (Second Edition): An Anthology of Christian Poetry in English from Caedmon to the Mid-Twentieth Century
Thirteen Hundred Years of Christian Praise
This collection of Christian poetry in English is compiled from a spectrum of poets who span thirteen centuries. Beginning with Caedmon (ca. 658–680), the poetry is from the ancient, medieval, Reformation, and modern church periods and from Anglican, Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox poets, as well as mainline and evangelical traditions. Because poetry is a vehicle of praise and exhortation, mediation and understanding, these selections include every form and style of reflection and psalm, from private, personal devotion to hymns and epic forms with godly themes.
We who speak English have thirteen centuries of Christian poetry behind us. It is a deep and broad stream of praise, frequently poured out by men and women who died for the faith in the midst of persecution. While the glory of God may have been diminished by sectarian motives at times, the channel of the stream has always been the faith and an unbroken succession of men and women who have praised God in verse.
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Book details
- Author
- Jim Trott, Roseann Trott
- Imprint
- Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Poetry › Anthologies (multiple authors)
Poetry › Subjects & Themes › Religious - Topics
- poetry anthology · English literature · hymns · medieval poetry · Anglo-Saxon · religious verse · thirteen centuries
- ISBN-13
- 9781630269968 (Paperback)9781630269975 (Hardcover)
About the authors
JAMES H. TROTT is a writer and carpenter whose poetry has appeared in The Banner, Christianity and Literature, and Cornerstone. He edited A Sacrifice of Praise: An Anthology of Christian Poetry in English from Caedmon to the Mid-Twentieth Century and is the author of the chapbook Prisoner’s Pardons.
Trott holds a degree in English from Harvard University.
James lives with his wife and family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
LARRY ALFRED WOIWODE was an American novelist, poet, and essayist and the author of five novels, two short story collections, a book of poetry, and several memoirs and biographies. His recent books include Even Tide.
Woiwode’s debut novel, What I'm Going to Do, I Think, won the William Faulkner Foundation Award in 1970. He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship, the John Dos Passos Prize, and the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, and served as North Dakota’s Poet Laureate from 1995 until his death in 2022.