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Intruding Upon the Timeless: Meditations on Art, Faith, and Mystery is a collection of essays, written over nearly three decades, by the founder and editor of Image journal, Gregory Wolfe.

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Gregory Wolfe's vision is the animating force behind Image, one of the best journals on the planet. Intruding Upon the Timeless, a collection of his pieces from Image, takes its title from a phrase of Flannery O'Connor. That's apt, because not since O'Connor's Mystery and Manners has there been such bracing insight on the pile-up where art and faith collide. This book will rev your engines and propel you down the same road. -- Annie Dillard Provided to the Author I found myself stopping periodically as I read, staying with particular phrases (and contemplating the striking woodcuts that illustrate the book), sometimes hauling the words out of context for my own meditations, and finally (and very appropriately) being moved to incorporate the fruits of my meditations into my own poetry. I can only imagine that Gregory Wolfe would be deeply pleased to know that as an author, as well as a publisher and patron of the arts, he is contributing to our ongoing works of creation. -- Anglican Theological Review Anglican Theological Review In an age that has been facilely identified as secularized or post-Christian, Gregory Wolfe was among the first to perceive instead a renaissance of religious humanism in the arts: of writers and artists who did not abandon their faith in Mystery but drew courage, guidance, and inspiration from it. The trenchant and erudite short essays ofIntruding Upon the Timelessserve as a stirring introduction to that popular but rather subterranean movement, and establish Gregory Wolfe as one of the most incisive and persuasive voices of our generation. -- Ron Hansen Provided to the Author

I found myself stopping periodically as I read, staying with particular phrases (and contemplating the striking woodcuts that illustrate the book), sometimes hauling the words out of context for my own meditations, and finally (and very appropriately) being moved to incorporate the fruits of my meditations into my own poetry. I can only imagine that Gregory Wolfe would be deeply pleased to know that as an author, as well as a publisher and patron of the arts, he is contributing to our ongoing works of creation. -- Anglican Theological Review Anglican Theological Review Gregory Wolfe's vision is the animating force behind Image, one of the best journals on the planet. Intruding Upon the Timeless, a collection of his pieces from Image, takes its title from a phrase of Flannery O'Connor. That's apt, because not since O'Connor's Mystery and Manners has there been such bracing insight on the pile-up where art and faith collide. This book will rev your engines and propel you down the same road. -- Annie Dillard Provided to the Author In an age that has been facilely identified as secularized or post-Christian, Gregory Wolfe was among the first to perceive instead a renaissance of religious humanism in the arts: of writers and artists who did not abandon their faith in Mystery but drew courage, guidance, and inspiration from it. The trenchant and erudite short essays ofIntruding Upon the Timelessserve as a stirring introduction to that popular but rather subterranean movement, and establish Gregory Wolfe as one of the most incisive and persuasive voices of our generation. -- Ron Hansen Provided to the Author

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Gregory Wolfe is a writer, teacher, editor, and publisher. In 1989 he founded Image--one of America's leading literary journals, which he edited for thirty years. He was also the founding director of the Seattle Pacific University MFA in Creative Writing program, which he led for twelve years.

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