The Psalms and the Speaking World: Art, Anthropocene, Enchantment.
In this essay, I take up the question of the speech of the natural world in the Psalms. In dialogue with philosopher Baptiste Morizot's account of animal tracking and Jane Bennett's articulation of enchantment, I argue that a robust sense of the world's liveliness is a characteristic feature of bibl...
| Published in: | Catholic Biblical Quarterly Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 610 - 631 |
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Catholic Biblical Association of America
Oct2025
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