Synaxis: The Book

Exploring the enduring relevance of physical books, this inaugural publication by Eighth Day Institute is divided into eight chapters, each of which includes a poem, a primary essay, and a supplemental piece. You'll encounter noted poets such as Emily Dickinson, Pablo Neruda, Czeslaw Milosz, and Scott Cairns. You'll find articles penned by the likes of Dale Allison, Eva Brann, Barry Moser, Wendell Berry, and Warren Farha. The supplemental pieces will draw you into the "great conversation" with timeless authors like C. S. Lewis, Plato, St. Macarius, Eric Gill, and Dorothy Sayers. This book is an eccentric but coherent community of literary jewels and is certain to create a lively dialogue ideal for book groups or individuals seeking to encounter the One who is Truth. For, as the Eighth Day Books catalog has repeatedly asserted, "Reality doesn't divide itself into 'religious' and 'literary' and 'secular' spheres ... all truths are related, and every truth, if we pay attention rightly, directs our gaze toward God."