Poems to God (Christian Poetry of the Sacred, #4)

What if Christian poetry could be intellectually rigorous, mystically honest, and spiritually transformative without resorting to devotional platitudes?

Poems to God is the newest book in Dr. Alan Altany's acclaimed Christian Poetry of the Sacred series a four-volume contemplative masterwork that has earned a 4.9-star rating from readers seeking theological depth and poetic beauty.

Written by a recently retired professor of Comparative Religions with a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, these poems explore the sacred in contemporary consciousness, intimations of God in ordinary experience, and the paradoxes of Christian faith in a profane culture. This is poetry for:

✓ Seminary students studying theological poetry
✓ Catholic contemplatives seeking mystical encounter beyond surface religiosity
✓ MFA poetry students researching religious themes
✓ Readers of Commonweal, America Magazine, and Christian Century
✓ Anyone tired of "greeting-card Christianity" and hungry for spiritual honesty

Dr. Altany's poetry has been published in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, North Dakota Quarterly, Montreal Review, Valley Voices, and numerous other respected literary journals. One reader wrote: "This is powerful poetry from a life lived, at times, at the extremes of God's grace and of his own weakness. Many of these pieces leave me with chills."

If you're searching for contemplative Christian poetry that wrestles with profound questions of faith, doubt, suffering, and the sacred—poetry in the tradition of Thomas Merton, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Christian Wiman this series is for you.

The Complete Christian Poetry of the Sacred Series:
1. A Beautiful Absurdity (2022)
2. The Greatest Longing (2023)
3. Intimations (2024)
4. Poems to God (2025)