What is it about?
This paper explores how the image of the sea functions in Arnold’s poem 'Dover Beach' and his 'The Forsaken Merman' before arguing that R. S. Thomas’s use of the sea in his poem Tidal provides a better theological metaphor than Arnold’s.
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Why is it important?
The metaphor of "the sea of faith" from Matthew Arnold’s poem 'Dover Beach' (1867) has been explored subsequently by a number of theologians, notably Don Cupitt, and continues to be important in theological discourse.
Perspectives
The is the second of a series of studies which uses metaphor to explore the organizational nature of the Church and its ministry.
Dr Vaughan S Roberts
Coventry Cathedral
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This page is a summary of: The Sea of Faith: After Dover Beach?, Modern Believing, July 1997, Liverpool University Press,
DOI: 10.3828/mb.38.3.25.
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